Blood and Bullet (Thriller Stories To Keep You up all Night) (In The Line of Fire Book 4) by Rhiley McCabe

Author:Rhiley McCabe
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2020-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

“Get in.” Romero instructed.

Jason and Beatrice entered the car, and Romero got behind the steering wheel. Within seconds, they zoomed out of the bushes onto the road, heading out of town.

“Where are you taking us?” Jason demanded.

“A safe place.” Romero muttered and pressed the accelerator down harder, sending the car flying.

“Who are you?” Jason asked, recalling the day he was shot in the chest. Something about this man reminded him of that figure he had seen. He wondered if this was the guy who chased him earlier and killed the taxi driver.

“Just shut the hell up and trust me!” Romero shouted, infuriated at Jason’s questions. For a moment, he regretted saving him. He should have left him for dead and grabbed the woman. She wouldn’t have been able to fight him off.

“Calm down, both of you!” Beatrice scolded. The two men obliged like reprimanded children.

“But, how did you find us?” Beatrice turned to Romero, looking at him quizzically.

It felt as though she saved him just the previous day. After he had disappeared, she forgot about the entire episode. “I mean, it’s been like three years since I last saw you. And here you are—out of the blue, or...”

“Seven.” Romero muttered.

“Huh?”

“It’s been seven years.”

“Really? You’ve kept count?”

“I was under a contract to kill him.” Romeo said, pointing to Jason and ignoring Beatrice’s small talk.

“Did Thomas Patrick hire you?” Jason asked sternly, thinking about the recordings.

“Not exactly. The skinny guy wanted you dead, but the contract was issued by the… the people who use my services.”

“You were the one who tried to kill me months ago?” Romero eyed Jason in the rearview mirror and gave one nod.

“And earlier, you tried to kill me again? What changed so suddenly?”

Romero’s eyes shifted to Beatrice sitting next to him, “I didn’t realize she was with you.”

Jason’s gaze turned to her, too. He didn’t want to encourage her to tell a dramatic story, so he suppressed his curiosity and refrained from asking how she had saved a murderer. She smiled at both of them as if she had saved the day.

“So, you must be Romero, then.” Romero frowned, unable to hide his surprise that Jason knew his name.

“How did you know that?”

“Not the best shot, are you?” Jason ignored his question, “They should’ve hired their best man to take me out…” He added with disdain.

“Jason! Don’t be mean… He just saved your life.”

“Really? Don’t be mean? This asshole is a killer, Beatrice!” He threw his wounded hand in the air and winced, “You don’t have a very good sense of people, woman. Aargh…” He held his hand to his chest, “He tried to kill me. Twice! He would have killed you, had you been anyone else. And I’m being mean?”

“But he didn’t! Will you just relax? You’re hurting yourself.”

“Incredible!” Jason sat back.

“So… Your employer, do they have anything to do with The Syndicate?” Beatrice tried after a long silence.

Romero pressed hard on the brake, and the car screeched before halting on the road.

“AARGH” Jason exclaimed

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