The Catacombs II by Camille Alexander

Author:Camille Alexander [Alexander, Camille]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

A brief, congested skirmish between Tim and the cabbie ensued when Tim grabbed the bag without warning and threw the cabbie off balance, causing the cabbie to first hold on tight to keep from falling and then suddenly let go. Tim fell back into Abda, the tension from the tugging suddenly missing, and righted himself against her. Then he pulled her back toward the cab while keeping her from opening the bag, after she’d grabbed out of his hand’ all of this happening in plain sight.

He couldn’t believe how blind she seemed to the dangerous attention she was bringing to them and to the belt’s contents. The drag queens and Jeté talked over themselves, trying to get Abda to leave the bag behind. Somehow, Tim and Abda finally got away, bag in hand, the three characters on the street now fading behind them.

As they drove along the bay before turning toward the hills, Abda rooted through the bag with one hand without pulling anything out that could be seen by a passerby. The longer she searched the more alarm her face registered.

Tim watched, growing more and more concerned. Finally, she opened the bag enough to stick her blonde head in and rummaged desperately.

Then she stilled, inadvertently elbowing Tim in the ribs when she seemed to have found something. Tim felt helpless, and, knowing she could not have pulled off something like this without Taylor, wondered how his friend could have kept this from him.

Before the thought gained purchase, he remembered he had charged Taylor with caring for her in any way that would ensure her safety.

Tim sighed, realizing that arming her with what would make her feel safe would help make her safe, especially knowing how volatile she was when she felt cornered, disempowered, or trapped by circumstances.

But four million dollars’ worth?? That in and of itself was a dangerous amount – even if they weren’t trying to appear middle class. But, if in that small of a package sat four million, then it had to be large, high-end gems. What if they had been caught with them somewhere? Someone could steal your wallet with a few hundred Euro and be on their way; this kind of currency would make the thief want to tie up loose ends.

Abda pulled her head out, hair mussed, and grinned a yellow-tooth grin, which made him want to chuckle at its ridiculousness.

A growing fear at her readiness for all this was what stopped him.

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