The TAKEN! Series - Books 5-8 (Taken! Box Set Book 2) by Kane Remington

Author:Kane, Remington [Kane, Remington]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: mystery, romantic suspense, suspense, Women Slueths, thriller, adventure
Published: 2015-11-26T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Derek Heller yawned as he walked out the rear entrance of the Stopping & Shopping supermarket and blinked at the freshly risen sun.

He had been stocking shelves all night and now he had to get home, take a quick shower, grab a bite to eat, and head off to his day job of mucking out the stables at the Cooperman farm.

He was bone tired most of the time, but if he could just endure one more year of drudgery, he would have the nest egg he needed to head for Hollywood, where he hoped to make his living as an actor.

He had been born and raised in this town and thought that he would die of sheer boredom if he didn’t escape someday. He craved excitement, and whether he succeeded or failed in Hollywood, he knew that it would be anything but boring.

He spotted the girl as he walked toward his car, which wasn’t difficult to do because she was leaning against the fender. The girl was hot, with long, reddish-brown hair and light-colored eyes. She was wearing a short dress and the legs flowing out from beneath it made Derek’s heart beat faster. As he reached her, the girl smiled.

“What’s your name?”

“I’m Derek,” he said, as a closer look revealed that the girl was more woman than he thought, and that she was a few years older than his nineteen.

“Is this your car, Derek? I could sure use a ride.”

Derek coughed as he brushed back his blond hair.

“Um, yeah, sure, where are you headed to?”

The woman moved closer and touched Derek on the cheek.

“That depends, do you live alone?”

“Yeah, but it’s just a crappy double-wide my granddad left me.”

“It sounds cozy, why don’t we go there?”

Having never been the suspicious type and knowing a good thing when he saw it, Derek nodded his head in agreement, even as he fumbled the keys to the Chevy from his pocket and unlocked the passenger door.

As he climbed in beside Cinda, Jack emerged from behind a nearby dumpster and sat in the back seat. Samantha was in his arms, and conscious, but Jack had a hand clamped over her mouth.

Derek jerked around in his seat and stared at them.

“What the hell...?”

Cinda poked her gun into his ribs.

“Your place, remember?”

Jack laughed.

“Take it easy on the kid, the poor shit thought he was gonna get laid and now he’s wondering if he’s going to see tomorrow.”

“Am I?” Derek said.

“What, get laid? I doubt it.”

“No, I, I mean are you gonna kill me?”

All humor left Jack’s face as he stared back.

“We’ll see, kid, we’ll see, now drive, and keep it at the speed limit.”

Derek started the engine and drove home, while thinking that maybe his boring life hadn’t been so crappy after all.

***

They followed Rosario’s black SUV through the barricade and after rounding a curve, the cabin came into view. Jessica was driving, as he once again studied the surrounding region on his laptop.

There was a small paved parking area to the right of the structure, but the remaining space was covered in grass.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.