Slater's Revenge by Claudia Shelton

Author:Claudia Shelton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Amara, romantic suspense, noir, romance, love, agent, thriller, heiress, action adventure, reunited lovers, across the tracks, high school sweethearts, forced proximity, bodyguard, protector, redemption, law enforcement, private security, organized crime
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Had they really parked this far away? Mackenzie didn’t remember the walk from the truck to the barbeque taking this long, but the return trip seemed like a million miles. Was it the lingering humidity with the fading light of day? Or the tension of the make-believe afternoon? Didn’t matter. She was tired. That was why she’d messed up and said something about the plane being brought down. “Sorry about—”

Josh squeezed her hand, then leaned in as if giving her a peck on the cheek. “Be quiet,” he whispered as he brushed his lips across her ear. Then he moved back to his position by her side. “No need to be sorry, I never told you I like my steak rare. Well done was an interesting change.”

What was he talking about? She turned her questioning gaze on his raised-eyebrows look. He swiped his palm across his chin, making sure to raise two fingers across his lips, then reached out and took the gift bag Grey had given her. Nonchalantly he clicked a button on his cell phone and swiped the display over and inside the bag.

Surveillance? He thought the bag was bugged? Well, that was the most paranoid thing she’d heard lately.

He opened the passenger-side door, and she climbed inside then turned to reach for the seat belt. There was Josh, pulling her seat belt out before leaning across to fasten it for her. With the other hand, he centered the phone in the middle of the truck cab, pushed a button, and waited until a green light flashed clear.

After closing the door, he scrutinized the perimeter of the truck, stooping at each tire. Finally, he jumped in the driver’s-side door, slipped the key in the ignition, and had the engine revving before he even straightened in the seat and shifted gears. A block away, he nodded she could talk.

“Do you trust anybody, Josh?”

“Not many. Neither should you.” He glanced in the rearview mirror then the side.

She found herself glancing in hers, also. The man was seriously making her as paranoid as him. Trouble was, she had no idea what to be looking for. Evidently, he’d worked so many cases involving Coercion Ten that he knew their MO. Knew what to check for.

“I understand things aren’t what they should be. But to think that Lieutenant Grey would give me a gift so he could listen in to our conversation is beyond disbelief.” She pulled the bag from the floor bed and laid it on the seat between them.

“I don’t put anything past him. From what I saw, he’s already shadowing his yard and the surrounding streets. Did you know that?”

“You mean surveillance? I had no idea. This is the first time I’ve been to his house since a get-together for New Year’s.”

“Didn’t it seem strange that he’d seen us in my truck?” Josh grumped. “Didn’t take me long to spot his camouflaged cameras facing the yard. I spotted a couple facing the outside perimeter as we walked back to the truck.

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