Bodyguard Reunion by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

NINE

“What are you doing? Slow down,” Aaron shouted at Chloe.

Chloe gripped the steering wheel, pumping the pedal. “I can’t. The brakes have gone out.”

“What? Do something!”

She didn’t see any headlights approaching the four-way stop, but she lay on her horn as she flew through the intersection. A stretch of level road with a shoulder gave her an idea. She drove off the highway and along the graveled edge as she pulled the emergency brake up.

The car came to a stop half off the pavement. Chloe leaned against the steering wheel, her hands still clasping it so hard, pain streaked up her arm.

Aaron collapsed forward, sucking in short, shallow breaths. “We could have died. What if a car had been coming?”

“There wasn’t one, and we’re all right. That’s what is important.” Her hands shaking, she placed another call to the ranch.

When T.J. answered, he asked immediately without saying hello, “Where are you? I’ll feel better when you get back here.”

“I’m about six miles away on the highway going east about five hundred yards from the four-way stop sign. I didn’t have a wreck, but I need someone to come pick up Aaron and me. The brakes gave out on your car.”

“You had no warning?”

“No. It was sudden.”

“Both sets of brakes failed?”

“Yep, back and front.”

“I’ll get someone to pick you up. I think I can catch the sheriff. I want a mechanic to check what caused them to fail at the same time.”

With T.J.’s injury and the brakes going out in his car, it was obvious the assailant would go through the bodyguards to get to the couple.

* * *

T.J. came into the house through the front door and walked into the living room, where Mary, Paul and Chloe sat, discussing the addition of two dogs and several extra guards the day before. “The mechanic just delivered my car. Someone tampered with the physical linkage from the pedal to the brake master cylinder. I’m moving my Jeep into your three-car garage where we can protect it with your two vehicles. I don’t want them sitting outside unattended. We don’t need a repeat of last night.” T.J. glanced around. “I thought Aaron was going to join you all.”

“No, he’s been holed up in his room on the phone a lot.” Chloe shoved to her feet and began prowling the room. “Once we started talking about suspects, he was out of here. And I just came back from checking on him. It won’t be as easy for him to try running away with the guards and dogs in the yard. That’s why he took off two nights ago.”

Mary stared out the window. “What a gray morning. The weather isn’t helping my mood.” She angled toward Paul next to her on the couch. “I’m not looking forward to going to Harrison’s memorial service. What if something happens there?”

“It’s outside in the park that he helped fund for the town. He was a good friend and he specifically asked for me to speak at his memorial service.

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