Marshal on a Mission by Ryshia Kennie

Author:Ryshia Kennie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-07-11T18:05:58+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Trent had the package of medication in his hand and was ten feet from Tara’s apartment when Carlos called to him.

“Trent, can I speak to you?”

He didn’t hesitate—Carlos knew the urgency of their situation. He wouldn’t delay him for anything that wasn’t extremely important. He sat down across from Carlos at an outside table.

“I just wanted to give you a heads-up. I thought you might need some help, so I got in touch with someone I know with the feds. He had some information in regard to which routes might be the safest and fastest to get to the US border and avoid areas where the cartels have become problematic. I don’t know what your plan is but if you’re going home, watch these areas.” He pointed to highways on the map he’d brought with him, those north of San Miguel de Allende and some of the roads heading west. “There’s been a lot of violence, tourist kidnappings, a laundry list of crap happening that way. The cartels have been busy. I’d advise dodging the area. Your best bet would be to take the main highway to here.” He tapped the map. “Come around the west side of Guadalajara. Then from there, take this road. It’s mostly used by farm workers, and there isn’t a lot of traffic, but it heads north and eventually connects with a main highway.” He ran his finger along a route that would take them straight to the border. “If you run into problems, let me know. Maybe I can help.”

“I’ll pick up a disposable phone along the way, in case I need to reach out to anyone,” Trent replied.

Five minutes later, Trent entered Tara’s apartment and went immediately to the closed bedroom door. He knocked once, twice, and waited.

No answer.

He guessed that Tara was sleeping. He glanced at his watch. They were tight on time. He had no choice but to wake her; they had to get going soon. He hoped that the painkiller would help and that she could sleep while they were driving. He knocked once more and opened the door.

The room was empty.

He swore a litany of words, some of which he hadn’t used in years.

He’d been gone twenty minutes. He’d shaved five minutes off his time by jogging the entire way back from the pharmacy. He’d even ignored the offer of a bag. He wasn’t wasting a second in getting back to her. Except for the few critical moments with Carlos. And now she wasn’t here. The apartment was empty. He backed out of the tiny room and looked around.

His knapsack sat where he’d left it. Her bag and the atlas were gone.

He didn’t need to search the property any further. He knew she wasn’t there. He also knew that her claim of a headache had been the perfect decoy, coming out of the blue like it had. But there’d been other hints and he’d missed them all. The way she hadn’t questioned anything about his plans to get them out of San Miguel.

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