The Fall of Maggie Brown by Stuart Anne

Author:Stuart, Anne [Stuart, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373153299
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Published: 2000-03-15T07:00:00+00:00

Maggie looked up at the clouds overhead. The day had gone from sullen to threatening as they climbed higher and higher into the mountains, and Maggie's mood had gone from dire to deeply depressed They hadn't passed a village, a farm, even a wild animal in hours, and Maggie couldn't rid herself of the fear that she'd made a very big mistake in insisting they head west.

Why had she thought that old man was any more trustworthy than Frazer? For all she knew he'd sent the two of them into an ambush. Didn't Frazer say he was some kingpin in the San Pablo underworld? He could be in league with bandits. There was a thriving trade all over the world in holding Americans for ransom, and she couldn't remember if she'd told anyone other than Frazer that she worked for a bank. Maybe they were heading straight into some bandits' lair, they'd cut Frazer's throat, hold her for some ridiculous sum of money her bank would refuse to pay, they'd rape and kill her and dump her body on top of Frazer's and no one would ever know what happened to her…

"What the hell's wrong with you?" Frazer demanded. "You look like a snake crawled up your leg."

She gave herself a little shake. "I told you I'm not afraid of snakes. At least, the non-human kind And I'm tired. My imagination was running away with me."

"Hmmph. I like your orgasmic sounds better."

She ignored that. "You know what you're doing, don't you? I didn't force you to come this way when it's really dangerous?"

"Maggie, I hate to break this to you, but you'd be hard put to force me to do anything I didn't damn well want to do," he said lazily. "Break into that basket in the back and find me something to eat, would you? I'm starved."

"We aren't stopping for lunch?"

"We can stop, but any lunch we get we brought with us, so we might as well keep going."

"What about dinner?"

He grinned at her. "That's obviously your problem. I have fed you enough. Dinner depends on how far we get There aren't any hotels or restaurants around here, babe. If we're lucky we'll make it to Segundo by nightfall, and we might be able to buy something there. Otherwise it's leftovers and camping rations. You'd be surprised how good freeze-dried chili can taste."

"I'd prefer not to find out," she said, reaching behind her, holding onto the back of the seat as the Jeep continued its bumpy climb along the narrow roadway. The left side of the road hugged the mountain. The right side was a sheer drop-off into a rocky valley. Maggie had never been overly fond of heights.

She slid back into the seat, dragging the basket into her lap. "Cheese, fresh bread, some fruit," she said, once she was settled. "And a jar of something to drink."

"Probably water," he said in disgust. "Anything else?"

"If you're thinking I'm going to let you drink beer while we drive…"

"I was hoping for coffee.

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