Holiday on the Run by Laura Scott

Author:Laura Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

One minute Nate was watching Melissa plant the last listening device on the underside of the table, and in the next he saw her drop like a stone behind the coffee station, glancing around in fear as if something was wrong.

“Melissa? Everything okay?” he asked, feeling his pulse kick up a notch.

She shook her head and pointed behind her, toward the kitchen. What was wrong? Did she hear a noise? The listening devices were designed to pick up local sound, not something from another room.

He’d parked down the road behind the restaurant for two reasons: to stay far away in case there were cops patrolling the area and to make sure the equipment Melissa had planted would work from a distance.

Unfortunately, he was too far away to see the back door. Was it possible someone had slipped inside?

“Did you hear something?” Nate asked in a whisper.

Melissa nodded her head in an exaggerated motion making sure she was in direct view of the camera she’d hidden in the garland around the picture.

“Stay where you are. I’m going to get closer.” He glanced back to make sure Hailey was still asleep. She was, but that didn’t mean he was comfortable leaving the little girl alone in the car while he went in to investigate.

“Any chance you can get past without being seen?” he whispered. He put the car in gear and made a Y-turn to drive back to the restaurant.

It wasn’t easy watching the computer screen and at the same time scanning the area to see if there were other vehicles or people lurking around. But he saw Melissa shrug and then peer around the corner of the coffee station.

Nate pulled into the back of the parking lot, tightening his grip on the steering wheel and hating the fact that she was in danger.

He never should have agreed to let her plant the equipment. How had they been discovered? Were there other cameras inside that he hadn’t known about? Nothing else made sense. There was no other way for anyone to know Melissa was inside.

And if that was the case, their cameras and listening devices would be quickly disposed of.

But that didn’t matter now. He wanted her safely out of the restaurant. He closed his eyes for a moment, opening his heart to prayer.

Dear Lord, please keep Melissa safe in Your care. Amen.

When he finished, he felt calm. “Never mind trying to slip past whoever is in the kitchen. Maybe it’s better to get out through the front door,” he said in a low tone.

Melissa shook her head again but didn’t say anything, so he wasn’t sure what she was thinking.

Then she eased around the corner of the coffee station, disappearing from view.

He gently tapped the accelerator, bringing the vehicle closer to the back door without using the headlights, peering through the darkness to see if there was anyone around.

But he didn’t see anything out of place. No movement. Nothing.

Was it possible Melissa had imagined the noise?

As the thought formed in his head, the back door edged open, and a short dark figure eased out and ran toward the car.

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