Charmed and Dangerous by Lori Wilde

Author:Lori Wilde [Wilde, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9780446506465
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

THIRTEEN

CASSIE HUDDLED IN the passenger seat of the rented Peugeot with Jocko Blanco behind the wheel. They’d flown from Madrid to Nice, rented a car there and were driving to Monaco where Jocko had a buyer for the El Greco—which was now locked in the trunk—all lined up.

He was taking the curves like Lucifer, snarling and honking at slower moving vehicles. Whenever Cassie so much as gasped, Blanco would fling her a threatening glance and fondle the ugly looking gun in his lap.

Oh God, where was Maddie when you needed her?

Cassie clutched the dashboard until her knuckles were white and prayed for a miraculous deliverance.

Jocko Blanco had entered her bedroom through the open balcony window the night before and taken her hostage. The Interpol guy who’d been tailing her ever since she’d arrived in Madrid had attempted to come to her rescue when Blanco dragged her out the side entrance of the hotel, but Blanco had shot him in the shoulder and left him for dead in the alley.

Blanco had then stolen a delivery service van. Just before dawn, he’d forced her to call Isabella Vasquez and ask the curator to meet her at the delivery entrance.

He’d spoiled all her intricate plans.

Cassie had tried to resist, but he’d twisted her arm so it brought tears to her eyes. She wasn’t physically tough like Maddie. Between the threat of more pain and the cold handgun shoved hard against her side, she’d had little choice but to play along. She kept hoping she would think of a way out of this.

She wondered where Peyton was and what he would do when he showed up in Madrid and found her gone. Would he assume the worst and think she’d thrown in her lot with Jocko?

And what about Isabella? Was her friend still trussed in the museum? Cassie chewed the inside of her cheek. Had anyone found her yet? She prayed that Izzy was okay. She’d made sure to tie the ropes as loosely as she dared and she’d apologized for having to gag her.

How badly she had wanted to give her friend some clue that Blanco was holding her hostage. But she’d been terrified that if Blanco knew what she was up to, he would simply shoot Izzy, the way he’d shot the Interpol guy. She refused to risk Izzy’s life in order to save her own skin, so she’d kept quiet.

Cassie knew the heist had been recorded on security cameras. She knew the authorities would assume that the masked, gloved Blanco was Peyton. She had realized she would have to do something to prove her innocence while keeping Izzy safe. She had to let Maddie know she’d been taken prisoner to Monaco.

Seized with inspiration, she had begged Blanco to let her go to the bathroom before they left the museum. At first, she thought he was going to say no. She hopped around like a four year old on the playground until he finally relinquished and told her to make it snappy.

She

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