Fool Me Once by Margaret Watson

Author:Margaret Watson [Watson, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragonfly Press
Published: 2021-04-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

He yanked the wheel to the left, and the car fishtailed. Skidded for a moment before Gideon regained control. He shot through the opening in the gate, and as soon as the car cleared the fence, the gate rolled shut.

She began to lift her head, and Gideon pushed her down again. “Stay down,” he said sharply as he slid below the steering wheel.

Alex curled in on herself, crossing her arms over her head. As if that would stop a bullet.

One car roared past on the road. A second approached, slowing as it came closer. As it reached the gate, gunshots erupted, hitting Alex’s car. The rear window exploded, and tiny fragments of glass landed on his head. Alex’s, too, most likely. More shots struck the body, and the vehicle shuddered with every blow.

When answering fire came from within the compound, the car sped up and flew down the road. Engine noise faded and eventually disappeared.

Alex lifted her head and found Gideon reaching for her. “Are you okay?” he said, gripping her shoulders and scanning her face. Her body. “Were you hit?”

Holding his gaze, she shook her head. “No, I wasn’t hit.” She reached for him, fumbling for his hand. Twined their fingers together and clung. “What about you? Are you all right?”

“I’m fine,” Gideon said, slumping in his seat. A tall woman with dark red, curling hair and a taller, blond man sprinted toward them. Gideon let go of her hand as the woman reached them and yanked Gideon’s door open. “What the hell was that?” she asked, scanning both of them. Was she looking for blood?

“The guys following us were frustrated that we made it into the compound,” Gideon said. “I’ll want to look at the security tapes to see which car fired the shots.”

“The security office is already checking,” the woman said. She glanced at Alex. “I’m Mel Melbourne. Sorry you had such a dramatic welcome.”

Alex smiled, although the adrenaline burn made her shiver. “Alex Conway. I’m very glad to be here.”

Mel slapped the roof of the car and nodded at Gideon. “Put this in the garage for now. I’ll call and have the auto repair guy send out his truck to fix the window.” She scanned the car. “You’ll need a body shop for the bullet holes.”

“We’ll worry about the holes later,” Gideon said. “Let me put the car away. Then we can talk.”

He closed the door Mel had opened, then backed up the car and turned it toward a long, low building with evenly-spaced garage doors. He stopped at one of them and stepped out of the car. Tapped in a code on the keypad next to the door, then returned to the car as the door rose.

Less than a minute later, they were in the garage with the door closed. Gideon swiveled in his seat and turned to her. “You sure you’re okay?”

She drew in a deep, shuddering breath. “Ask me when my heart stops trying to beat itself out of my chest.” She pressed her fist to her sternum to stop the jittering and took a shuddering gulp of air.

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