No One to Trust by Melody Carlson

Author:Melody Carlson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

It was impossible to run through the wooded area. And in places, it was hard to simply walk. Thankful for Jon’s compass, she kept it handy as she pushed through a particularly dense section of undergrowth. It would be so much easier to walk along the beach. But that would be too dangerous. She knew Krantz would be on the lookout for them today. And knowing that he had two kidnapped victims besides her mother made her even more aware of what a desperate man he was.

As she trudged along, she prayed. She prayed that God would lead her to someone who could help and that God would protect her mother and the two girls. And finally she prayed for God to keep Jon from harm. Her worst fear was that Krantz would return, and Jon would try to intervene with his plan A.

She understood Jon’s thinking—that he might be able to buy them some time. And Jon, being an attorney, was probably good at reasoning with difficult people. But Krantz was not a rational man. He might just shoot Jon to get him out of the way. The thought of this sent a chill down her spine—and she prayed even harder for God to keep Jon safe. As she climbed over a fallen tree, she remembered the kiss. At first she’d been totally caught off guard by it. She suspected he had been, too. But after she’d recovered from the shock, she realized that it was the sweetest kiss she’d ever experienced. And she hoped it wouldn’t be the last one.

Maybe she was wrong about Monica. Maybe when he’d told her it was over between them, he had meant it. Just because the woman was beautiful didn’t mean that she was Jon’s soul mate. For all Leah knew Monica could be a horrible person that Jon was fortunate to be rid of. Or she could be married to someone else by now. Hadn’t Jon said it had been a year ago? A lot could happen in a year.

And what about how Jon had quizzed her about her own relationships? Why would he have been so curious to find out if she was single unless he was interested in her? And what about that kiss?

Please, God, don’t let it be the last one!

Leah could hear the rumble of the ocean waves to her right and according to the compass, she was still going directly south. But according to her watch, she’d been walking for an hour. Shouldn’t she have reached the jetty by now?

Seeing light coming through the trees up ahead, she knew she must be close. She also knew there was a dune area that ran alongside the jetty. A popular place for ATVs in the summertime or on a sunny weekend at other times of the year. But this was midweek and the off-season. The chances of someone being out here today were slim. What she wouldn’t give to run into a friendly ATV enthusiast just now—someone to give her a lift through this last stretch of dunes and over to the road.

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