Fever Zone (Danger in Arms, Book 1) by Cindy Dees

Author:Cindy Dees [Dees, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-61417-700-5
Publisher: ePublishing Works!

Twelve

She woke up when the Learjet bumped onto the runway in Orange County. No surprise, a black SUV was waiting for them on the ramp when they stepped off the Learjet. In under fifteen minutes, they stood at the theme park’s main entrance. A guy in dress slacks, white business shirt, and cartoon tie met them as they exited the vehicle.

“Hi, I’m Nick. Park Security and company liaison to the FBI. If you’d come with me…”

They followed him through a decorative wrought iron gate to one side of the customer turnstiles and into another world. Backstage, as it were. Workers in all kinds of costumes and colorful uniforms hustled along a paved, utilitarian path. Nick loaded the two of them into a golf cart and whisked them off in a wide circle around the park proper toward the far side of the complex.

“Your target and his daughter got in line to ride the giant carrousel about five minutes ago, but I have no report of them having gotten off the ride, yet. Moving backstage like this is the fastest way to get to the other side of the park. That, and we don’t like to disturb our guests with foot chases or racing vehicles that might signal a problem.”

In about three minutes, the security man led them through another gate and into the crowded theme park. He spoke briefly into a cell phone and took off at a brisk walk. “This way.”

A lean man who, at a glance, looked like Yusef Abahdi, rode round and round on a huge carrousel beside a little girl who did, indeed, look a lot like Salima Abahdi.

“You’re pretty visible out here, Nick. If you could fade into the background a bit, we’ll take it from here,” Mike murmured. “Thanks for your help with this.”

“Yeah, sure. Just got a text—the FBI’s positioning vehicles at every exit from the parking lots as we speak. Here’s my cell phone number if you need to talk directly to me. Our people will keep eyes on you and your guy via the security cams.”

Mike and Piper nodded—both of them were trained at quickly and flawlessly memorizing sequences like phone numbers.

The security man moved away, and Mike glanced around. He surprised Piper by grabbing her hand and dragging her toward a vendor pushing a stainless steel cart. He bought them each ice cream sandwiches and then dragged her over to a park bench facing the carrousel.

“Smile, Piper. We’re on vacation.”

“That’s us. The happy honeymooners.” She tore the wrapper off her treat and took a big bite of her ice cream sandwich. Oh, God. Brain freeze. Crap. She suffered in silence as the merry-go-round started to slow down.

She muttered, “Carrousel exits to our left. Still planning to follow them out of the park and back to their lodgings?”

“Gotta get close first and make the ID. If it’s him, then we’ll follow him home. That’s our best chance of finding the samples if he’s still got them.”

“You can tell this is a celebration for him and Salima just by looking at their body language.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.