Silent Scream by Karen Harper

Author:Karen Harper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2018-09-18T18:34:14+00:00

19

“All right, what’s up?” Brit demanded. “Jace, why are we parking at a police station? Something else about the drone attack? What’s going on?”

“I wanted to get you here before I explained. Insurance for you and for us,” he said, killing the engine and unhooking his seat belt. He turned toward her so she wouldn’t have to see only the bandaged side of his face. He didn’t want to remind her of that attack or scare her more than he had to.

“I figured you wouldn’t like it—would refuse,” he explained, reaching out to cup her shoulder with one hand. It was more to steady himself than her. “Nick has set all this up, but I asked him to. I’m going in to talk to Detective Jensen while an officer drives you to our apartment and waits until you pack your things, then follows you while you drive your car to your mother’s house. Brit, you have got to stay with her, or at least somewhere else, until I’m sure I’m clear of whoever sent that damn drone. If both of us moved and I’m the target, they’d find us again.”

“Whoa! Who would find us? You think that drone was sent to scare—or even kill—you? I figured Nick must be the target. You mean because of Stingray, like—like some criminal found out you’re trying to nail drug smugglers?”

“That’s not exactly top secret anymore. I can’t take the chance that you’d be hurt, if I’m the target. If they try again, you or anyone else could be—well, collateral damage.”

“So we’re going to be apart for how long? What about our wedding plans? Oh—you think because the Markwoods’ reception was hit...”

“Yeah, maybe. We can’t take that chance.”

“Don’t you think that write-up in the paper about you and Mitch moving on from supposedly crop and mosquito spraying to mere hurricanes is enough to keep the bad boys at bay?”

“I’m sorry, honey,” he said, gripping her hands in his as she turned even more toward him. “I screwed up, miscalculated. See, there was a Stingray pilot in California who was targeted by a drone—in his plane. It crashed and he died. For all Mitch and I know, a drone’s the latest calling card of the Mexican drug mafia instead of a quick bullet in the head by some hit man or enforcer. I just can’t take a chance you’d be hurt.”

“Or you would be. But for how long? Can we even talk?”

“I figure I can call your mother, and she can give you the phone.”

“Oh, really, like I’m six years old? And I call you how? Send smoke signals? Use poor Claire as a go-between? I know darn well you still care for her, and she’d do it for you, even if it endangered her.”

“Not that now, honey. I’m just trying to do what will keep you safe.”

She started to cry. “So this Detective Jensen agrees you might be the target?”

“He doesn’t know—we don’t know. There are other possibilities, including, as you heard, that the family who owns the orange grove wants more money for an extra piece of land.

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