Son of a Gun by Wayne Joanna

Author:Wayne, Joanna [Wayne, Joanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Emma dropped into one of the rockers, temporarily shocked speechless by Damien’s unexpected announcement.

“Tell me I heard you wrong,” she said when her brain stopped even trying to process the ridiculous statement.

“You heard me right. He has to be stopped. It’s going to take proof of his breaking the law to do that.”

“And I suppose you think you’re going to single-handedly fly down there, snoop around beneath the nose of one of the most evil men alive, get your proof and walk away from that island alive.”

“Now, that would make a great Rambo movie. But that’s not what I had in mind.”

“What do you have in mind, Damien? Because this sounds like a suicide mission to me.”

“Rest assured it isn’t. I’ll do a couple of flybys to scope out the place.”

“Why can’t you just let me handle this my way, Damien?”

“Refresh my memory on that plan.”

“Once I’m settled, I’ll send anonymous messages to the ATF, the CIA and the FBI. They’ll check it out and go after Caudillo. They have the manpower to do it.”

“Right, and anonymous messages always go right to the top of their priority list. And if they do check him out, they may not even discover that he deals in illegal arms, much less that he kidnaps and tortures innocent women.”

“Why do you always have to make so much sense?”

“You’d come to the same conclusions if the bastard hadn’t done such a number on you.”

Her nerves jumped into panic mode. “I knew this would happen, Damien. I knew from the first that telling you the truth would eventually put you in harm’s way.”

“I won’t be in danger, Emma. It’s just a flight. Even Caudillo doesn’t shoot down planes flying over his island.”

“Call the sheriff, Damien. I mean it. Call him now. I’ll confess everything if you’ll promise to let me walk away.”

“I can’t do that. Besides, you could very well be right about Caudillo’s connections. I don’t see any other way he could remain under the law-enforcement radar.”

“Which only makes my point more valid. Getting involved puts you in danger. This isn’t your responsibility, Damien.”

“That’s where you and I have a difference of opinion, Emma. If I see a cow stuck in the mud, I don’t stop to check the brand before I pull it out.”

“But your neighbor doesn’t shoot you.”

“Good point. But I still have to do what I have to do. I don’t plan to do anything stupid, Emma. I’m just getting a lay of the land.”

“Fine. If there’s no danger involved, you won’t object to my going with you.”

Damien shook his head. “You’ve been through enough, Emma. I can’t let you torture yourself that way.”

She knew he was right. Seeing the island would make her relive the misery and fear. But it wasn’t as if she’d made giant strides in putting them behind her anyway.

“I can point things out as we fly over,” she said, “like the storage building where he keeps the crates of weapons. I saw that the night I escaped.

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