Taken Hostage by Jordyn Redwood

Author:Jordyn Redwood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

It was morning—day five of Regan’s relentless nightmare. She stood in front of the mirror and looked at the image in front of her. The hostage-takers had trolled through her house to get everything she’d needed.

On the counter in front of her were her hair dryer, hairbrush and makeup case. Behind her on a rack were several outfits to pick from. What was strange was the combination they had picked. The three outfits were all ones she’d worn to press conferences about her cure. Did they not want to make a mistake in putting something together that she would never wear? Something that didn’t look like her? Or had they been stalking her over these last six months and that was what had drawn their eye because it was familiar from watching those press conference tapes over and over in an effort to learn everything about her?

The clothes of her trade felt foreign to her. Pressed pants. Silk shirts. She fingered the empty space where her stethoscope usually fell. Having something stripped away and then given back felt strange.

Baldy and Green Eyes had come into their cell early that morning and insisted that she and Colby take showers. She’d guessed it would give them away to look too disheveled getting into her bank box. The door to the bathroom locked, which provided her comfort even though Baldy remained outside. Oftentimes, she was given only a few minutes in the bathroom and she’d not been allowed to lock the door. This time she was given thirty minutes to shower, dress and look presentable.

The first few minutes of solitude she’d spent crying because she’d found one of Olivia’s hair clips. One she’d bought at a specialty store because Olivia loved penguins. Regan had given it to her at Christmastime last year, and even though the hair accoutrement was out of season she’d still wanted to wear it every day.

Another bit of proof that Olivia was indeed here.

The next few minutes Regan spent looking for an escape route, but the window’s bars were secure. Nothing she found could work the screws open. Why was she wasting time when they were driving out of here and a new, better opportunity might present itself?

Regan slipped on a pair of high heels and felt wobbly as she turned and opened the door. Baldy marched her out to the front of the complex where Colby stood next to the car, Green Eyes watching him.

Her breath seized in her chest. He looked different from any time she’d met him before. Gone were the faded jeans and polo shirt, replaced with a pair of gray khakis and a button-up, long-sleeved shirt that brightened the color of his sapphire-blue eyes. His face was cleanly shaved and even from a distance she caught a hint of his cologne.

A smile crested his face and he shifted shyly on his feet.

Baldy nudged her forward and positioned her beside Colby.

“I don’t know where they found these clothes. I thought I’d hidden them a while back.

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