Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense November 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Mary Alford

Author:Mary Alford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Dana jumped and spun. There was no time to process her mother’s revelations.

Rich was already between her and the door. “What kind of trouble?”

Javi looked at him, then addressed Dana. Guess Rich still hadn’t earned his trust. “Two guys pulled up in a late-model silver sedan. They’re not regulars. Thomas thought he saw someone out back right before they came inside, but he didn’t get a good look. They’re sitting in the lobby. Said they’re waiting for someone, but we close in half an hour, so…” He glanced over his shoulder. “They’re watching the restaurant. Normally, I’d say it could be nothing, but given the circumstances, none of you can be too careful.”

Rich watched the door. “Are they armed?”

“One guy has a knife in a sheath on his right hip. Didn’t get a good look at the other.”

Dana blew out an exasperated breath. What was the deal with these men and their knives? She nodded at Rich and then at the desk. When he unrolled the knife and laid it down, she pointed at it. “Does it look like one of those?” Her plan had been to ask her mother if she recognized the weapon, but time had run out.

“Near as I can tell.” Javi strode to Dana’s mother, who had glanced at the knife but had shown no reaction. “We need to push up the timeline and get you out of here. I’ve called. They can meet us sooner, but they won’t wait around for you if you aren’t there when we get there.”

Dana flinched. Her mother had hired a human smuggler once to get them out of Argentina. She’d done it again tonight to get herself to safety. There were so many legal ramifications. So many things could go wrong. This wasn’t WitSec. It was outlaws out to make a buck, and they’d sell out her mother to the highest bidder in a heartbeat. “Can we trust whoever you’re handing her off to?”

Javi stiffened and stood taller. “This isn’t a smuggler. This is a friend of Mama’s. He used to work for the CIA. He’ll get her to safety and hide her until this passes over.”

“He’ll hide Dana, too.” Rich’s gray eyes went steely. For him, there would be no more discussion.

There was no more discussion for her, either. She wasn’t hiding, and there was nothing he could do about it. She was the one holding the car keys. “Unless you plan to sedate me, you already know how this is going to go down.”

He opened his mouth and stepped forward, an argument on his lips, but Dana sliced the air with her hand. “We’re done talking.” She turned to Javi. “Get my mother out of here. Now.”

It was the hardest order she had ever given. Her heart wanted to go with her mom, to protect her. Her mind said she was putting Javi and his family in the line of fire, but they were out of choices. She couldn’t hide, not if she was ever going to put an end to this.

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