Killer Assignment by Black Maggie K

Author:Black, Maggie K. [Black, Maggie K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dpgroup.org, Fluffer Nutter
ISBN: 9781460319086
Publisher: Harlequin Sales Corp
Published: 2013-09-14T04:00:00+00:00

Katie

Breaking news. Big scoop. I expect you to get on this immediately.

Ethan

She clicked the attachment. Her heart stopped in her chest as a grainy picture of Mark loading his truck outside Celia’s farmhouse filled the screen, under this headline: Busted. Son of Real Estate Mogul, Jonah Junior, Runs Secret Charity.

His identity had been blown wide-open and in the worst possible way. Almost every gossip news site had the story and photo—including Impact News.

How had this happened? Well, she could guess. Billy had taken their pictures at the farmhouse. Then, sometime after ambushing them on the road, they’d gone through Mark’s belongings and realized who he was. He was sure to carry a government-issued ID with both his old and new name on it. But to sell that information to the tabloids? Why? Were her kidnappers media-savvy opportunists? Or was there something more insidious in play?

One thing was clear. Whoever had been after her knew who he was. They probably also knew where to find him. She slammed the laptop closed. She needed to warn him that his identity had been blown, especially if there was even a chance that it put his life in danger.

She ran down the stairs into the courtyard and sprinted across the lawn toward the elderly gardener. “Hey! I need your help!”

He stood slowly, wiping his hands on dirty, tattered jeans. She caught a glimpse of a wrinkled, sun-scorched face framed by a trim white beard.

“My friend just came through here.” She gasped for breath. “He was walking to the highway. Did you see where he went?”

“Is everything all right?” Fierce blue eyes looked into hers.

“No. I need to catch up with him. It’s important. Please. Can you help me?”

He nodded. “We’ll take my truck. He’ll have taken the main road. It won’t take long to catch up with him.”

“Thank you.”

* * *

The pickup was large and the color of dying embers, with the kind of wide base that implied it was used to carrying heavy loads. They drove through the main gates and out onto a rural road. Moments later, they reached the highway. The gardener paused for a moment. “He’s heading toward Kapuskasing?”

“Yup.”

He turned left.

“Do you live in the complex?” she asked.

“I used to. Now I live in a cottage I built, just outside it. It’s very simple and quite small. But it’s all I really need.”

They crested a hill, and she could see the unmistakable outline of Mark in the distance. Thank you, God. “That’s him.”

A low, black car pulled to a stop beside him. Mark exchanged a few words with the driver. Then he climbed in the passenger door. The gardener honked his horn and flashed his lights. Katie waved out the window. The car took off. She sighed. Now what?

“Don’t worry.” The gardener accelerated. “There’s an intersection about fifteen minutes away. I’ll pull up beside him then.”

“Thanks. I’m just really sorry to take you away from your work.”

His smile was dry. “Oh, the gardening? It’s really just a hobby—”

His voice was lost in the blare of a car horn and the screeching of wheels.

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