When Love Matters Most by Kate James

Author:Kate James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty Ltd
Published: 2016-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

RICK CAUGHT UP to Nitro as fast as he could. The dogs were trained in apprehension, with “targets” wearing arm and body protectors to avoid having their skin pierced. In real-life circumstances, there was no such protection, and although the dogs’ intention wasn’t to harm, the longer they held and detained their targets, the more likely injury could result.

Rick’s heart was racing by the time he reached Nitro and the runner, but it skipped a couple of beats when he did get there.

“Out, Nitro. Out!” he ordered the dog.

Nitro obeyed the command and released his target. Rick grabbed the runner by the collar of his jacket, pushed up his sleeve and did a quick check of the arm Nitro had been holding. There were some scrapes and a bit of blood, but nothing serious.

He yanked the runner up to his full height. But the runner immediately started flaying and kicking to try to gain his freedom.

He was a kid—a young one at that—just over five feet tall and skinny, likely no more than ninety pounds.

“Whoa! Take it easy,” Rick ordered. “Tómalo con calma,” he repeated in Spanish, but his words only caused the kid to fight harder to free himself.

“I wasn’t doin’ nothin’,” the kid spat in halting English.

“Yeah, I bet.” When the kid’s foot connected solidly with Rick’s shin, he swore and took a firmer hold of him. “Stop already! Keep this up and you’ll only make matters worse for yourself.”

“I didn’t do nothin’,” the kid mumbled, but his flapping slowed.

“Okay. So what’s in the bag?” Rick indicated the satchel.

“Nada. Nothin’.”

“We’ll see.” Rick instructed Nitro to check the boy and his possessions for drugs. Nitro sniffed all around the boy, circling him once, and sat to his right, staring at the satchel strapped around his chest.

“You know what that means, kid? It means the dog thinks there are drugs in your pouch.”

“No way. I don’t have no drugs!”

“Nitro here thinks you do, and he’s right over ninety-nine percent of the time. That’s almost a perfect record. He seems pretty sure of himself. You know what else? With his track record being what it is, in legal terms that gives me probable cause to search you. Do you understand?”

“Leave me alone,” the kid muttered, and renewed his efforts to break free of Rick’s hold.

“Listen to me carefully,” Rick said in his most authoritative tone. “This is important, and I’m only going to say it once. Got it?”

Obviously intimidated, the kid nodded.

“I’m going to release my hold on you, but don’t think about running. My partner here—” he pointed at Nitro “—is going to watch you. If he thinks you’re planning to bolt, he’ll take you down again. Do you understand?”

“Sí.”

“Good. We understand each other.” Rick gave Nitro the signal for “wait” and cautiously released his grip on the kid. He held out his hand for the satchel and was pleased when the kid passed it to him, albeit with a nasty look. Keeping his peripheral vision on

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