The Baby Assignment by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-13T12:15:14+00:00

Thirteen

Tanner noticed how quiet Macy was as they headed down the road after a dinner of pot roast and potatoes. What exactly had she and Devin talked about? He wanted to ask, but they had more important matters at hand right now.

Tanner had gone through the proper steps to ensure they wouldn’t be followed. He’d switched out his FBI vehicle for one of Devin’s cars. He’d left his FBI-issued cell in the car and bought a burner phone instead. If there was a tracking device in any of their possessions, they should be clear of it now. He’d left both the car and the phone in a parking lot, which would make their current location harder to trace.

All of this could be enough to make Tanner lose his job. But he had to do whatever was necessary to help protect this child. As the stakes continued to rise, he couldn’t be complicit in a kidnapping—or a murder.

“Where are we going?” Macy asked, staring out her window and seeming especially melancholy.

He hated to think he had anything to do with her sadness. He’d known it would be hard for Macy to see Devin. His friend had always been a direct kind of guy.

“Devin’s family has a farmhouse. They said we could stay there for a while.”

She clasped her hands on her lap. “Do you think anyone will find us there?”

He readjusted his grip on the steering wheel, pushing aside the nudge of anxiety he felt. He’d been through a lot of situations during his career with law enforcement, but nothing like this.

“I hope not,” he finally said. “But we’ve got to be prepared in case they do.”

“I’m not cut out for this kind of thing, Tanner.” She rubbed her arms and broke her trance-like gaze out the window.

He saw a flash of vulnerability in her eyes. It was something he’d only caught quick glimpses of since they’d reconnected. She guarded herself a little too well sometimes. The last time he’d seen that look...they’d been engaged.

Against his better instincts, he reached out and squeezed her hand. “I think you’re holding up great.”

She swung her head back and forth, released his hand and rubbed her temples. “We still have no idea why my name was scribbled on some paper and placed in the baby’s diaper bag. That was the whole reason you came to me—to get my help. I don’t feel like I’m being much assistance at all. I’m just another complication.”

“You’ve been a huge help with Addie. I don’t know what I would have done without you.”

“You would have managed.”

“I happen to think that everything happens for a purpose.”

She glanced up at him. “Even this?”

“Even this. In Ecclesiastes 3, it says, ‘Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. He sets the time for birth and the time for death...the time for killing and the time for healing.’”

“That’s a good reminder,” Macy said. “There is a time for everything. A right time and a wrong time.”

Tanner glanced behind him, trying to make sure no one was following them.

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