Stand & Deliver by Rhenna Morgan

Author:Rhenna Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-13T18:14:35+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Gia’s feet hurt, her mad money fund was shot to hell and she was pretty sure wherever her kidnappers were headed next was going to be an exercise in patience, but she honestly couldn’t remember a better day in her life.

Sandwiched between Natalie and Gabe in the middle row of the black Escalade, Vivienne propped both feet on the center console between Sylvie and Ninette. “You realize once Axel finds someone to tolerate his ass, we’re gonna need a bigger vehicle.”

Ninette glanced over her shoulder, checked for cars in the far lane and shifted like she was driving an Indy car instead of one of Beckett’s bulletproof security SUVs. The woman might have been old enough to be Jace’s mother, but she was striking in both appearance and attitude—long gray hair well past her shoulders, a model’s physique and a strut to back it up. “Already got a plan for that.”

“We’re gonna rent a Hummer,” Sylvie said with an almost scary level of glee. Unlike her son, Axel, who always seemed to have an underlying, barely restrained edge even when he was outwardly relaxed, Sylvie was pure joy in human form. She twisted to Vivienne, her dark cherry hair twice as bold with the sunlight bouncing off of it. “One of those big stretch ones.”

Natalie dug another dark chocolate almond from the stash she’d bought at the candy store on the way out of the mall and popped it in her mouth. “The way we go out, it’d be more cost-efficient to buy one and hire a full-time chauffeur.”

“God,” Gabe said, “don’t give the guys any ideas. Ninette driving I can tolerate. Some dude named Charles would make me bonkers.”

“It wouldn’t be a Charles.” Seated next to Gia in the back row, Darya’s Russian accent was just a tiny bit thicker after the glasses of wine she’d paired with lunch. “Knox and Beckett would hire a Rex. Or an Ace. A sharpshooter and a badass who’d rat us out at a moment’s notice.”

Vivienne nodded in agreement. “Right, because shopping is dangerous business.”

The comment drew an easy round of laughter, the same laid-back camaraderie they’d surrounded her with since they’d shown up on her doorstep.

Outside her window, the Knox/Henderson exit sign whipped past and the Escalade’s big engine eased. She opened her mouth to see if she’d have any luck digging their big surprise destination out of one of them, but something Vivienne had said finally clicked in her brain and an entirely different question sprang free instead. “What do you mean, Once Axel finds someone to tolerate his ass?”

Vivienne craned her head enough to beam a big smile back at Gia. “I mean the official Haven women count will leave us too damned crowded to keep taking the Escalades. We gotta have someplace left to haul all our loot home.”

“Official Haven women?”

The drone of the tires on the road softened as Ninette drew the vehicle to a stop, but otherwise the cab got quiet. Ninette’s eyes locked on Gia’s in the rearview mirror.

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