Storm Season by Erica Spindler

Author:Erica Spindler [Spindler, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0983676143
Publisher: Prairie Wind Publishing
Published: 2012-12-24T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“YOUR WIFE SENT US looking for you, Mr. Ramos,” Maggie had told the man after his son had left the steering house.

George had sent the boy back to his cabin with the promise that he would buy him his own X-box to have all to himself. Before the boy left, George said, “Just don’t tell your mom.” And the boy grinned like it was a familiar game. Maggie wondered how many other things the boy wasn’t supposed to tell his mother.

Now he said to Maggie, “Ellie worries too much.” Then to Felipe he said, “She worries about everything. What people think of her. What they say about her.”

Felipe wasn’t interested. Instead, he pointed to something on one of the instrument panels. Maggie couldn’t see from her seat on the bench. George nodded at him and calmly said, “Probably ten to twenty minutes at the most.”

“Aren’t you worried at all about your children?” Liz joined in.

“You want I should shut them up?” Felipe asked.

“No, it’s okay. They don’t have much time left.”

The way he said it made Maggie break out in a cold sweat. Her pulse started to race and she checked her wristwatch. They had ten to twenty minutes before they ended up like the crew of this houseboat.

“To answer your question, my kids grew up on boats. This . . .” He gestured out at the storm and for first time it appeared to be letting up. “This is a minor inconvenience because they can’t be up on deck.”

Maggie had thought – they had all believed – that George Ramos and his children had been abducted, their boat taken by force. These men certainly had a cache of serious weapons. A United States Senator’s husband and children would be a hefty ransom. Or it would exact a terrible blow of revenge. But George Ramos didn’t look like he had his boat taken or commandeered by force. Instead, he appeared to be the one in charge.

“You’re making a pickup, aren’t you?” Liz asked. “Is that what this is all about?”

That drew a smile from Felipe.

“You’ve got it all figured out,” George said, but he was focused on the panel of instruments again. He clicked buttons and twisted the steering wheel. Maggie could feel the vibration as the engine revved up a notch. They were going faster. And they were turning.

“You’re meeting a drug boat,” Liz said, not bothering to hide her anger. “That’s why you’re out here in the middle of a storm.” She shook her head, disgusted.

Maggie looked over at her. The woman was a rescue swimmer but as part of the Coast Guard she was a trained guardsman. Was there any way they could overpower all three men? Diego and Felipe hadn’t bothered to tie their hands or restrain them. Which only told Maggie that they would not hesitate at all to shoot them if they even dared to make a wrong move.

All she could think about was that her gun was clear on the other side of boat.

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