Texas Bodyguard--Luke by Janie Crouch

Author:Janie Crouch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-11-23T20:00:31+00:00

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THEY USED THE last of the cash to take a taxi across town. Luke needed to talk to his brothers and couldn’t take a chance on anything being bugged.

Claire donned the brown wig, and they walked a couple of miles before calling a cab at a hotel. If Ballard was smart, he would have the media put a picture of Khan all over the TV. He was much more noticeable than either Luke or Claire was. People would be recording them left and right if they needed to look for the giant cat.

Luke and Claire talked as little as possible in the cab. He didn’t want the driver to have any reason to remember them. He had the driver take them to a small mall a couple of miles away from the San Antonio Security office. He hated to make her walk more, but it was better this way.

He knew she was surprised when he led her into an underground parking garage a couple of blocks from his office. They took the elevator back up to the ground-level floor, then walked down the hallway and out the back door.

It led out to the alley that led between the two buildings. It gave him and the guys a second hidden entrance into their office. It was one of the primary reasons they chose this particular space to rent.

If someone were watching their building, they would still never know Luke and Claire were inside.

The relief on his brothers’ faces was apparent as soon as they came in through the back door.

“Thank God,” Brax murmured.

Weston and Chance immediately closed the blinds on the front window. The glass was tinted, but this gave them an extra measure of privacy.

Brax sat down and switched on the signal blocker. That would block anyone attempting to use audio surveillance equipment to listen in on their conversations.

“Are you guys all right?” Brax asked. “When we heard about the Wars Hill library fire, we immediately got over there but we couldn’t find any sign of you.”

Luke led Claire so she could sit on the small couch in the corner of the waiting room. Khan immediately jumped up into her lap.

He gave Weston a look, who immediately nodded, knowing what they needed. Weston headed toward the small kitchen and dug up something for them to eat and drink.

“We hid, then sneaked out a bathroom window. I got quite a few stitches for my trouble.”

Claire winced and he reached over and grabbed her hand, rubbing his thumb across her knuckles.

“If you thought everyone was looking for you before, it’s definitely worse now that they think you shot a cop.”

Both Luke and Brax shot Chance a look when Claire let out a shuddered breath. Chance didn’t mean any harm by his words; he just didn’t pull any punches. Luke was gruff in the same way, and actually prided himself on it.

But not when it came to Claire. He didn’t want anyone to do or say anything to upset her. She’d been through enough.

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