Colder Than Sin by Toni Anderson

Author:Toni Anderson [Anderson, Toni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense
Publisher: Toni Anderson Inc.
Published: 2019-10-22T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Haley handed out food pouches for supper. Hers was pasta with a carbonara sauce with a side of M&Ms as a treat. She was starving after lugging all those rocks around. Their SOS looked pretty impressive by the time they’d finished and she knew Alex would be desperately searching for some sign she was alive. She would deal with the guilt of interfering with his new role as a father later, as soon as they were all home safe.

Please find us, Alex. She sent the wish into the air as close to a prayer as she got these days.

They’d decided to make camp in a small clump of trees farther up the mountain from Darby’s original base. It gave them an excellent vantage point to watch the waters surrounding the island, except if someone approached from the north side, which was unlikely as it was composed of barren rock and steep-sided cliffs. The trees kept them concealed and protected them from the scorching tropical sun. They’d left Darby’s tent in place in case her kidnappers came looking, but they’d retrieved her bedroll and sleeping bag, and the one small camp chair Darby had brought along to sit on. Haley still had the blanket she’d taken from the hut and had washed it in the sea and then rinsed it in the stream and left it to dry in the hot sun. It would come in useful tonight when the temperature dropped. Thankfully the bugs weren’t so bad here due to the brisk sea breeze.

They’d also filled and ferried enough water containers up the hillside to see them through several days of needing to lay low should the terrorists appear.

Darby had packed a sudoku book for entertainment, and Haley spotted a sketchbook in one of the coolers they’d lugged up the hill earlier. All in all, they’d made the journey five times, but now their camp was well supplied, and they just needed to construct some sort of basic shelter in case it rained.

“I’ve only got one fork and one spoon,” the young woman apologized, before handing Haley and Quentin the utensils.

They exchanged a look. Darby was holding it together, but it was only a matter of time until something snapped.

“You weren’t exactly expecting visitors,” Quentin said with a smile and then winced as if worried he’d said the wrong thing.

Darby forgave him with a smile.

“You have the fork first. I’ll wait.” Quentin handed it back to Darby who shook her head.

As a negotiator, he paid attention to the words spoken, Haley noticed, but he also seemed hyper vigilant about body language and tone of voice. She liked the fact he paid attention. It made the guy even sexier than he looked, and he was already in the hot zone.

She needed to remind herself not to go and fall for the guy. What they had could never be more than a fling. Anything more serious always threw her after a week or two. She couldn’t stand being bossed around by anyone or having her decisions or movements questioned.

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