Sea of Cortez by Garry Ryan

Author:Garry Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988732404
Publisher: NeWest Press
Published: 2018-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

At supper, they sat across from each other in a Mexican-style restaurant where the fish was delicate and the margaritas were deadly. After supper they walked back to their room along the lit pathways. The half moon cast soft shadows over the pool. Alejandro was sitting in one of the deck chairs just outside of their room. He waited for them to come closer. Lane saw the sliding glass door to their room was open. “How did you get in?”

Alejandro wore black. He held up a plastic key card. “You’re packed.”

Lane pushed the sliding patio door open wider and walked into the room. Both his and Arthur’s luggage sat near the door. Alejandro closed the door and used a flashlight to illuminate the room. “What’s going on?” Arthur asked.

“My Karen heard Luis — one of the timeshare salesmen — talking with a man he called Pike. Pike said he wants you eliminated tonight.” Alejandro pointed at the beach. “Some men are watching the front entrance. I have transportation waiting.” He leaned his head to the left.

“Point the light over here, please.” Lane went to the safe, took out the laptop and cell phone and put them in his carry-on bag, then stuffed their cash, credit cards and passports in his pocket. “Let’s go.”

“Just like that?” Arthur asked.

Lane nodded. He listened at the door. Footsteps made a gentle echo in the hallway. Lane pointed at the patio and picked up two bags. He followed Arthur and Alejandro out onto the patio. He saw the black silhouette of a handgun in Alejandro’s right hand as he took one of the bags from Lane with his left. Arthur shouldered both carry-on bags and led the way to the beach. They stopped on the ocean side of the rock wall and watched their room. In the foreground, a man and woman stepped out onto the sidewalk. An outside light set half a metre off the ground lit their faces. Her sandals slapped against the sidewalk. No other signs of life were visible.

Alejandro, Lane and Arthur turned and walked through the soft sand toward the white effervescence of the waves and the glow of the half moon on the black water. There was a nicker off to the left, followed by the gentle slapping of metal on leather. Lane spotted the silhouette of one horse then counted five. You’ve got to be joking.

A man in a cowboy hat leaned over the saddle of the lead horse. “Alejandro?”

“Si.” Alejandro tied one suitcase to the side of the packhorse, then took a second bag from Lane and tied it on the other side. Arthur hung the carry-on bags on the saddle horn, stuck his foot in a stirrup and bounced up into the saddle. A wave crashed against the beach.

Alejandro put his hand on Lane’s shoulder. “Get on.”

Lane shook his head. “This is a bad idea.”

Alejandro pulled him closer to one of the horses. “You are from Calgary. It has the Stampede. You must know how to ride.

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