Lost In Italy (Italy Intrigue Series) by Stacey Joy Netzel

Author:Stacey Joy Netzel [Netzel, Stacey Joy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Stacey Joy Netzel
Published: 2011-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Ten minutes later, Halli was expecting him, yet she still nearly jumped out of her skin when Trent appeared next to the driver’s side door of their borrowed car. Because he’d had her move behind the wheel while he was gone, “just in case,” she scrambled back across to the passenger seat so he could get in.

“All set,” he said, flashing a newly purchased, throwaway cell phone. “Anything new going on over there?”

“No.” She hadn’t taken her eyes off her sister more than a few seconds every so often to check the mirrors around the car. Trent had caught her in between sweeps and in the middle of a prayer, since she was still unsure of his plan.

“What if there’s more than just those two?” she worried out loud.

“Have you come up with a better idea in the past fifteen minutes?”

“No.”

“Then let’s hope to God there isn’t.”

“That’s reassuring.”

“Anytime I can help.”

He didn’t look at her, but she saw the corner of his mouth crook up. Her back teeth clenched together. Easy for him to joke when it wasn’t his sister and brother dangling on the hook. Just as quick, she thought of his deceased brother, Sean, and his cop friend, and took the thought back.

After a deep breath, she eyed the phone and asked, “You really think it’s okay to involve the police now?”

“For a distraction only, we’ll have to chance it. Besides, the phone call will be completely anonymous and I don’t plan on saying anything more than it looks like a drug deal going down.” He lifted the phone as if to make the call.

“Do you think it’ll take long for them to get here?”

“Illegal activities this close to a foreign consulate? I suspect they’ll be here in minutes. In fact, you should get in the back now.”

A frisson of resurgent fear threatened to override her earlier determination. She climbed between the seats and sat directly behind Trent like they’d talked about, so she’d be on the side closest to Rachel. The deep breath she sucked in and immediately released ended up much louder than she expected.

Trent’s head jerked up, catching her gaze in the review mirror. “What’s the matter?”

She hated to admit it after having just decided to stop being a victim, but there was no denying the tremble in her hands. “I’m scared.”

A split second smile softened his expression. “I’d be scared if you weren’t.”

She tried to smile back, but it felt all wobbly. Focus, Halli. She looked past Trent at Rachel to bolster her courage and resolve, only to have her heart thump in her chest. Clenching the headrest, she pulled herself forward.

“Something’s going on.”

Trent’s attention shifted as well. Rachel stood in front of the blond man, hands on her hips, in what Halli recognized as her stubborn stance. It appeared the two were arguing. It also appeared Rachel won when the blond man spoke toward the car his partner sat in and pointed across the street, down the block away from where Trent and Halli were parked.

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