No Place to Hide by Lisa Harris

Author:Lisa Harris
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-04-06T17:26:28+00:00

ELEVEN

Ellie felt her stomach clench as Diego approached them alone. Something wasn’t right.

“Diego, did you find him?”

The young man shook his head as he stepped onto the boat. “The doctor is gone. I spoke to the young woman who works there. She told me he’d already left to go back to his village, and that he’d be back next month. She was closing the clinic until he returns.”

Ellie shook her head as she glanced at Ryan, who, from his expression, looked just as concerned as she felt. “That doesn’t make sense. Why would he leave early?”

Diego stopped next to her, then offered her a handful of Brazil nuts wrapped in paper. “I have no idea.”

She took one of the nuts and popped it into her mouth. But at the moment, food was the last thing on her mind.

“Ellie...” Ryan studied her expression as he reached for one of the nuts. “What are you thinking?”

“That something’s wrong. How did the woman seem?” she asked Diego.

“I don’t understand.”

“Did she seem scared or distracted?”

“I don’t know. Maybe...scared.”

“Do you think she was telling the truth? That he had just...left on his own?”

Diego hesitated again before answering. “I don’t know.”

“Here’s what we do know,” she said. “Dr. Reynolds wasn’t supposed to leave yet. He only spent one week here every month, and unless there was an emergency he needed to tend to, I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t leave early. If he’s already gone, I don’t think he left because he wanted to.”

“You think they got him.” Ryan’s statement wasn’t a question. It was the statement they’d all been thinking about. “Is your phone charged, Diego?”

“Yes.” He pointed to his solar charger.

“We need to call the other clinic and confirm that he’s there. If he left last night, he should already be back. If not...”

The boat bobbed in the tide while Diego made the call. Ellie gnawed at her lip. Things were getting complicated and their options were limited. Ryan had agreed to help her pick up the doctor on their way out of the country, but now they didn’t even know where he was. Or where the evidence they needed was. She grabbed another nut and chomped down on it. Ryan’s father wasn’t going to be happy when he found out what they were doing, but she hoped that he would also understand her insistence at not leaving the doctor behind. Especially if he was in trouble. She needed this to be over. Which meant they had to find him and his evidence. And ensure nothing happened to him.

A boat sailed past them on the water. Her heart raced as she pressed into the shadows and studied the passengers. But they were only fishermen, seemingly uninterested in a boat full of manioc bobbing along the shoreline. When was she going to be able to stop looking over her shoulder?

Diego ended his call a second later. “You were right. The doctor is not there. He never showed up.”

“He wouldn’t have just left.” She caught Ryan’s gaze.

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