Emeralds Are Forever (Love on the Run Book 2) by Jaclyn Hardy

Author:Jaclyn Hardy [Hardy, Jaclyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragons & Fairy Tales Press
Published: 2018-02-20T22:00:00+00:00

Dee dried her hair with the towel and changed into a pair of pajamas. It had been a long day, and while she'd enjoyed doing detective work with Ben, she was exhausted. She dropped onto her bed and turned on the TV.

Her phone buzzed.

Hey, I got the day off tomorrow. I'm thinking of leaving on the first flight out of here. Ready to party?

Dee grinned and responded.

Let's do it!

Perfect. I'll text you with flight details as soon as I have them.

Sounds great.

Dee set her phone down and turned off the lamp. If she was going to keep up with Dani, she needed sleep right now. She'd almost drifted off when someone pounded on the door. Dee's heart beat hard in her chest. Did she answer the door or call the police? But then if they were going to break in, they wouldn't have been loud, right?

She stood and grabbed her mace. Ben stood there breathing hard. She'd barely turned the knob when he burst into the room and latched the door behind him.

“Grab your stuff. All of it. We gotta go.” Ben ran to the window and threw open the curtains. He opened the door and leaned over the balcony. He turned back and helped her shove clothes into her bags. “They found us. And my dad said Carlie is in over her head. You're going home on the next flight. We already have a ticket for you.”

“Whoa, wait. And hey, careful with that dryer. It wasn't cheap.” She grabbed it from him and set it among her socks.

Ben took her by the shoulders. “There are men in the hotel right now ready to kill both of us if we don't get out of here. Now.”

“Why do they want me?” Dee glared.

“Me, your best friend, an emerald.” He zipped up the bag and handed it to her. “My dad has your room number. He'll come and get the rest of your stuff. Think you can climb down the side of the wall?”

“Uh, no? We're like eighty feet off the ground right now. In the middle of New York. You don't think—” Dee's words were cut off by more pounding on the door.

“Don't answer it. Come on.” Ben grabbed her by the hand and pulled her to the balcony. “Hold on tight.”

Before Dee could ask why, Ben wrapped his arms around her waist and tipped over the edge. She screamed until the wings of the jetpack Ben wore popped out and the wind whipped away her breath. Shots rang out behind them from the direction of the hotel. They landed on a roof across the street and Dee leaned over to try to catch her breath.

“What was that about?”

“We don't have time. I'm sorry. Let's get to the airport and then I'll tell you.”

A helicopter came around the corner and Ben ran for the stairs. They barely made it inside before shots hit the door. They raced down the steps and through someone's apartment to get to the fire escape.

“Get in.” Ben opened the door to a black van and waited for Dee to climb in before he got inside.

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