Escape To Sunset: One Night Stand Romance-Hiding From The Mob (Sunset SEALs Book 4) by Sharon Hamilton

Author:Sharon Hamilton [Hamilton, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, romance, SEALs, Military
Publisher: Frog Haven Press
Published: 2020-06-15T18:30:00+00:00

Aimee drove them back to her house where Kiley said her good-byes and walked along the beach until she came to the access path that led to her place. With a persistent wind blowing off the gulf, the beach was sparsely populated. The fat tire motorized bicycle brigade had swollen to four, all of them men and all but one silver-haired, riding their bikes in flip-flops and swimming trunks.

Kiley tried the sliding glass door onto the patio and was reassured to find she’d remembered to lock it before she left. She went around and entered through the front door.

Inside the house, she put away her things and unboxed one of the cell phones, turning it on. Then she removed the sim card from her old phone, cutting it with scissors and flushing the pieces down the toilet.

She dialed Carmen.

When the reporter’s voicemail came on, Kiley left a short message.

“Hey there, it’s me. I’ll try you at the office. This is my new phone number.”

She left a brief message for Jason before she called the paper asking for Carmen.

The receptionist didn’t recognize Kiley’s voice, which was a lucky break. She was transferred to the features desk, and again, she heard Carmen’s voicemail. “Okay, quit playing hard to get, Carmen. I’m here. Waiting for your call.”

When she didn’t hear from the beat reporter after an hour, she called her editor.

“Kiley, I’m glad you called…just a minute while I close the door.”

Corbin Newman’s voice was heavily laced with stress. He’d never taken the time to close his door on their prior calls.

“Is everything okay? I was actually calling for Carmen—”

“There’s been a development, I’m afraid,” he interrupted. His breath sounded constricted and the pitch of his voice was a little higher than normal. She heard fumbling as he’d put the phone to his ear while walking from the office doorway. The familiar squeak of his rolling desk chair told her he was now ensconced behind his desk.

“Tell me, Corbin. What’s happened?”

“Carmen’s missing.”

It took a couple of seconds before Kiley could fully comprehend her editor’s words. Something at the back of her brain screamed a denial. Her Aunt Itoldyouso was standing in the distance with her hands on her hips, shaking her head.

“Since when?”

“Since yesterday. I didn’t want to call you to worry you further, after our last conversation, but was just going to call you this morning when we still hadn’t heard from her. I have Fred and Doris headed over to her place now.”

Fred was their head of security. So Newman suspected foul play.

Kiley instinctively scanned the patio and the beach beyond in both directions through the still-locked and closed sliding glass door. Nothing caught her eye. She ran to the front door and double locked the deadbolt and door handle. Her fingers felt clammy, and she sweat poured from her armpits. The familiar thump, thump-thump of her elevated heartbeat made her teeth rattle.

“Talk to me, Corbin.”

“We’re stumped, Kiley.”

“So how do you know she’s missing, then?”

“She was to do an interview with KRVR.

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