Harlequin Intrigue January 2018--Box Set 2 of 2 by Rita Herron

Author:Rita Herron
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488033742
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“I’m telling you she’s safe. Hold? Are you serious?”

Wade Hamilton couldn’t remember the last time he’d had this much fun. Well, except for the part where Therese kept putting him on hold. The administration part was boring.

Oh, yeah, the last time was probably when the first bullet holes in his truck had been put there. Now he had a matching set to get repaired.

Racing around the countryside. Bullets flying. Tackling a lone suspect to the ground after a scuffle. He couldn’t call it a fight, since the guy never connected a punch. He opened the back door of the extended cab, then looked at the man now in his custody.

“I’m not really sure you’re clean enough for the seat, man. I mean, I just got it detailed three days ago. Paid extra for the upholstery.” He switched the phone to speaker and set it on the bed of the truck, then flipped the seats up.

It was bad enough that this guy had fallen into the mud, forcing Wade to get his boots filthy. There was no way he was letting him ruin his interior. It’d be a different story if Therese would get him a local to come pick him up.

“Man, you’re almost more trouble than you’re worth. Do you know that?”

“I know that you’re a dead man. We’re going to cut you into little pieces and feed you to the coyotes.” He spit dirt and blood onto the blacktop.

“You think somebody’s listening to you?” Wade pointed his finger, drawing a circle to frame his face. “See any bruises forming on my face? I don’t think so.”

“Wade?” Therese’s voice broke from some type of interference. “Are you there?”

“Yeah, I’m still here. You give the PD from Enchanted City my locale?”

“They aren’t coming.”

There was more to the words than just a negative reply. He cut the cocky can’t-get-me attitude, tapped the phone off speaker and put it to his ear so the suspect couldn’t hear. “What do you mean? Our agreement was—”

“I remember the details of our agreement. I help you get your partner out of one of the deadliest border gangs in America before he’s killed, and you owe me.”

“I’ve kept my bargain. I caught your damned bad guy.”

“Oh, he’s not mine, Wade. You need to decide why you arrest him—”

There was such a long pause Wade thought he’d lost the connection. Then he turned to the man he knew was Ronnie Nowland, a convicted felon, and said, “Or if I arrest him. Right?”

“You’re a sweet kid, Wade. But this is the big leagues. The conversation between us was just a conversation of what-ifs.”

“What-ifs? I don’t believe you’re going to walk away from this guy. He can get you what you want. And what about my partner? He’s risking everything to save your girl and doesn’t know why. What am I supposed to tell him? What’s he supposed to do Monday?”

Silence.

Wade pulled the phone away from his ear, and sure enough, the connection had been lost. Or Therese had simply hung up.

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