In His Control by Nina Bruhns

Author:Nina Bruhns [Bruhns, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cajun Hot Press
Published: 2013-12-11T07:00:00+00:00

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Ciara felt a certain amount of satisfaction at Jean-Marc’s horrified face when she came out of the police station and her meeting with Beck. It almost made up for emptying her Swiss account in order to make up the difference for the blackmail money. Almost.

It had been a stroke of genius coming to Beck’s own station to give him the payoff. He had been furious—both over her showing up there, of all places, and also over her paying the blackmail at all. He’d obviously never expected them to come up with the money; his real motive had been getting Sofie under his thumb again. But what could he do when Ciara presented him with the envelope of cash? Make a scene at his work place? Arrest her for bribery?

From the look on Jean-Marc’s face as she emerged, he finally believed her about Beck.

Not that it mattered. The bastard would leave them alone now that he had his fifteen thousand. Besides, she had no illusions Jean-Marc ever would have done anything about him anyway. Still, on the off chance that something bad ever happened to Sofie, or even to herself, she now had a reliable witness who knew about Beck. She trusted Jean-Marc that far. If it came down to it, he would do the right thing, she had no doubt about that much, at least.

“Are you nuts?” he demanded, falling into step next to her. “Do you realize I’m bound to report this?”

“Report what?” she asked innocently. “I went to see Brigadier Beck as a follow-up to yesterday’s incident. There’s nothing to report.”

She could actually feel his scowl on the back of her neck. “Yeah. I so believe that.”

She turned and looked at him impassively. “Believe what you like, Jean-Marc, but if Sofie or I turn up dead or beaten to within an inch of our lives, you’ll know who to look for.”

She left it at that, and started walking again. It was just past ten-thirty, and the morning had gone well so far, but now she had a train to catch. She didn’t want to miss it. Before he could argue, or even comment, she said over her shoulder, “I’m going to the Orphans’ now. Spending the day there, and probably the night, too. Hope you brought a book.”

Sneaking out of the apartment wouldn’t be difficult, but keeping Jean-Marc at bay for twenty-four hours while she went to Italy might prove tricky. With any luck, CoCo strolling past the fifth story windows in a blond wig every so often would keep him from becoming suspicious.

“Why spend the night?” he asked.

“Sofie’s not feeling well. It’s been a rough couple of days.” Which was true enough to satisfy him.

From the corner of her eye she saw his hands shove into his trouser pockets and his face go serious.

They didn’t talk any more. In fact, Jean-Marc dropped back and walked several paces behind her. He didn’t sit next to her on the métro. Didn’t say a word when she went

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