Rogue by Laura Marie Altom

Author:Laura Marie Altom [Altom, Laura Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Military romance, Sea Adventure, Danger, baby, Travel, Romantic Suspense
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

17

“WHAT DO YOU mean? Maisey, you’re not in the condition to go to the bathroom, let alone outside.” Could pain be making her delirious?

“Y-you were right. Mildred and Harvey—they’re bad.”

“How? I know I had reservations at first, but they seem harmless enough.”

“Nooo.” Teeth clenched, she thrashed her head side-to-side. “Vicente was on the phone. Saw it on the caller ID.”

Shit. “Okay, I know you’re ready to push, but try keeping that baby in. I’m going to leave you for a minute—tops. But I will be back.” Nash smoothed the hair back from her fevered forehead. Why the hell couldn’t he keep his head in the game? He’d been so worried about Maisey safely delivering her baby that he’d forgotten his primary goal wasn’t to be her doctor, but her protector. “Can you stay tough for me?

Tears streaming down her flushed cheeks, she nodded.

“Awesome. Sit tight.” Nash bolted into the hall, but then slowed, not wanting to tip Mildred and Harvey off to the fact that they were in on their twisted con.

Nash was all manner of pissed—not only with himself, but them. How much was the bounty Vicente had placed on their heads?

He didn’t have a long wait to find out. At the end of the hall, he overheard them softy talking.

“Fifty. Thousand. Dollars.” Mildred giggled. The tone creeped Nash the hell out. “Can you imagine? Of course, we want to put in the pool, but do you think we could manage a new boat, too?”

“I don’t see why not? At least one that’ll be new to us,” Harvey added with his usual chuckle.

The greedy duo turned Nash’s stomach.

As did the thought that while poor Maisey was in pain, they were counting the coins they stood to make from her suffering—not that they were responsible for her labor pains, but they sure as hell would be for whatever twisted scenario Vicente would subject her to.

A right turn veered Nash toward a homey living room.

Sofa. Two chairs. TV.

Since he couldn’t pop off Santa and Mrs. Claus, he at least needed something to restrain the soon to be not-so-happy couple. Eyeing multiple electronics’ cords tangled behind the TV, Nash used his favorite knife to slice clean through from the backs of a VCR, DVD, sound bar, and the TV. Once they’d all been cut from the respective sources, he yanked them from a power strip.

Hearing Maisey moan from the bedroom propelled Nash forward at an ever-increasing speed. If Mildred and Harvey’s road was anything like most of the others around here, there were dozens of isolated off-shoots where he could hide the truck he’d soon borrow from their hosts long enough for Maisey to have her baby, then rocket her to a Miami hospital. Honestly, he feared they’d need to go that far to escape Vicente’s apparently considerable influence.

While Mildred and Harvey chatted about going on a nice, long Caribbean cruise, Nash shredded a pink-striped throw pillow into strips long enough to serve as excellent gags.

He stowed his knife, then slipped the cords through belt loops and shoved the rags into his front pocket.

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