Made to Love Her by Z.L. Arkadie

Author:Z.L. Arkadie
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780991558896
Publisher: Flaming Hearts Press LLC

Chapter Eleven

MAGGIE CONROY

Our plane landed in Houston. Anxiety is crawling through my insides like a million tiny ants. Jack has already deplaned. He managed to have Peter Oslo’s airplane diverted. I don’t know how he did it, but I’m to remain in his jet until he gets back.

I check my watch. Jack left to face off with Peter thirteen minutes ago. I’m sure getting him to divulge Gabrielle’s whereabouts won’t be easy. If the father is afraid of Jack, he sure as hell wouldn’t steer him toward his precious daughter. By the look on Jack’s face when he left, he was prepared to extract information from Peter by any means necessary.

“Would you like another latte?” the flight attendant asks.

I’m too nervous to speak, so I can only shake my head.

“Okay, just let me know if you need anything,” she says.

Still my jaw won’t move, so I nod stiffly.

The minutes pass slowly. I decide to stare at the exit until it opens, hoping that will keep me calm. Suddenly, the door shifts, and the two flight attendants come out from the back and open the doors. I rise to my feet as they lower the ramp.

Plunk, plunk, plunk.

Jack strides into the cabin, carrying the outside air on him.

“What happened?” I ask eagerly.

“One second.” Jack sweeps past me and goes into the cockpit.

I hug myself as I wait nervously.

Suddenly, he comes out and flops down in the seat he abandoned. “Buckle up, Maggie. We’re going back to New York.”

I’m still eager to know more. “But what did Oslo say?”

Jack looks up at me, waiting for me to take my seat.

I sit and buckle up. When I’m secure in my seat my expression begs for an answer from Jack.

“I’m a hundred percent sure he has nothing to do with Vince’s disappearance. But I’m certain, as you suspected, his daughter hired Randall to kidnap Vince.”

I’m waiting for the part where he says we’re closer to finding Vince, but Jack rests his head on the seat as if he’s done talking.

“That’s it?”

“No, Maggie.”

I take a deep breath as a way to rectify my frustration. “Then what?”

Jack turns calmly to face me. “I had Peter call his daughter. Gray tracked the call. She’s in the Hamptons, and now that we’re tapped into her cell phone, we’re tracking her.”

“Aren’t you afraid Peter is going to tip her off?”

“No.”

“Why not?”

Jack gives me that look—the one that I hate. He’s not telling me more than he already has.

“Well, can you answer this?”

“Answer what?”

“Are we closer to finding Vince?”

“Yes, we are.”

I sit back in my seat, finally at ease and in control. “And he’s alive for sure?”

“I can’t answer that, but as I said, I believe Gabrielle paid to have Vince kidnapped because he’s marrying you. However…” Jack smashes his lips together as he frowns.

The composure I summoned abandons me and I’m about to jump out of my seat again. “However what?”

“I remember Vince was in a relationship with Cindy O’lay.”

“Yes,” I say impatiently.

“According to Peter, Cindy and Gabrielle are hosting a fashion event together in the Hamptons.

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