Return to Mystic Lake by Carla Cassidy

Author:Carla Cassidy [Cassidy, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ROMANCE - - SUSPENSE
ISBN: 9780373697618
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Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Jackson had no idea how long they ran. It felt like forever. At any moment he half anticipated a bullet to the back, but as they got farther and farther away from the car, some of the fear that had lodged in the back of his throat began to wane, the rich, comfortable and familiar emotion of anger taking its place.

He’d heard no sound of the motorcycle that might indicate they’d been followed. They finally landed in an alleyway between a pizza joint and a tattoo parlor, where they leaned against the brick wall of the restaurant and drew in deep, gulping breaths.

The rain had stopped for the moment, although both of them were soaking wet. Wet was better than dead, he told himself as he waited for the stitch in his side to go away.

“I can’t believe I wrecked the car,” she finally gasped.

“You didn’t wreck the car—a man with a gun wrecked the car. You drove like a professional race-car driver until he blew out that tire.”

She gave him a grateful smile. Her blouse was wet and torn at one shoulder; the bottom of her slacks were covered with muck. Her hair hung in a bedraggled fashion, slicked to her scalp, and yet she looked beautiful.

He’d admired her as a gorgeous woman, but a new admiration for her as an FBI agent filled him. “We need to get someplace dry and safe,” he said.

“I’ll call for a car to pick us up.” She started to open her purse.

“No, don’t do that,” he said quickly. She paused, and in the darkness of the alley, her eyes glittered like those of a jungle animal. “Right now I’m not in the mood to trust anyone but ourselves.”

“You think that guy might be able to track us?”

“I don’t know, but I’m not taking any chances. First the motel room and now this—things have definitely taken an unexpected turn. Do you have any idea where we are?”

“I know we’re someplace downtown, but I’m not sure exactly where.”

“You wait here. I’m going to go into the pizza place and get an address and use their phone to call for a cab.” Her eyes lit with a touch of fear. “Don’t worry,” he assured her. “I’ll only be gone a minute or two.” She drew her gun and nodded. “Just don’t shoot me when I come back,” he said dryly.

The pizza joint was empty except for a young man with bad acne behind the counter. “Help you?” he asked in a tone of voice that indicated he’d prefer not to have to help anyone.

“I need this address and a phone to call a cab.”

The kid rattled off the address and then picked up the receiver of a cordless phone on the counter and handed it to Jackson. “Cab numbers are taped to the wall by the front door. Our usual clientele like their beer more than their pizza.”

Jackson walked over to the door and dialed the first number that connected him with a cab company.

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