Grave Peril_Military Romantic Suspense by Emily Jane Trent

Author:Emily Jane Trent [Trent, Emily Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Camden Lee Press, LLC
Published: 2017-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

While Lela talked to her friend, Rip stood guard. It was early in the evening, so the park wasn’t busy. A few late afternoon swimmers lingered, and several couples strolled down the beach. The sun hung brightly in the distance for a few minutes, then dipped below the horizon.

The shadow of dusk lowered visibility, but it was still light enough to see. Rip kept an eye on the area from outside the restrooms. He checked out every car in the lot, and any person in the vicinity. He’d stressed how risky the liaison was, so Lela had promised not to talk for too long.

Ashlee and Lela appeared to be just two friends sharing the details of their day. No one looked their way, or took special note of the encounter—except Rip. And he did so without attracting attention. For a while, no other car pulled into the lot, so he assumed that Ashlee hadn’t been followed.

But Rip didn’t relax, and he wouldn’t until Lela was back at the hotel.

It would have been better if Rip had been allowed to observe from a closer vantage point, but he’d acquiesced to Lela’s request for a few minutes alone with her friend. Watching from the shadows did have the advantage that he could spot any threat before his presence was made known.

Ashlee had parked her car in the far corner of the lot, probably for a quick exit if needed. A paved road paralleled the lot, and she’d followed it to the lot then parked. No other cars were close to hers. The few vehicles that remained were several rows up, nearer to the water.

Then the situation changed. An unmarked police car rolled along the paved road to the far end of the lot. There were two men inside, and Rip noticed the driver looking a bit too intently at Ashlee’s car. Shit, he hadn’t considered that her vehicle might be tracked.

In that case, it wouldn’t take close surveillance to follow Ashlee. Her pursuers could track her wherever she went. Rip was on high alert. Lela wasn’t far from the end of the pier, and was escorting her friend toward the lot.

The unmarked car pulled into an empty spot, not far from Ashlee’s car. It could be a routine patrol of the public area. But Rip doubted it. Why drive an unmarked car? He stepped away from the building just as a plainclothes cop opened the passenger door and got out. Lela slowed her pace and looked down, as if to hide her face.

*****

When Lela looked up, a plainclothes cop was just getting out of the car. Following her warning about the car, Ashlee had stopped walking. But Lela had no chance to inform her friend that the occupants of the car were cops.

Out of the corner of her eye, Lela saw Rip move away from the building, coming in their direction.

Lela wanted to call out to Ashlee, but didn’t dare give herself away. She feared risking her friend’s life. An unmarked police car was alarming.

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