The Hidden Two by Kimberlee R. Mendoza

Author:Kimberlee R. Mendoza [Mendoza, Kimberlee R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, mystery, suspense
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2018-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Teddy ducked down low in the car and watched as a couple goons loaded their friends into two different vans.

Alicia walked out, and Teddy’s heart rate increased. He leaned over the steering wheel, trying to read her—to somehow understand the why behind all she had done. She was his friend, maybe even something more. How could she betray him like this? All of them? It stung deep into his soul.

Suddenly, someone ran up behind her. Alicia flipped around and kissed him passionately. When she pulled back, the streetlight illuminated his face. Harding. Bile filled Teddy’s throat. He swallowed, hoping to keep it together.

“Well, I didn’t see that coming,” Willow said from behind the passenger seat. “Did you?”

Teddy shook his head, too shocked to speak.

Willow slid over the passenger’s seat arm and dropped down in front. “What do we do now?”

“We follow.” He stuck the key in the ignition but didn’t start it yet.

“I don’t know, Teddy. That is a lot of manpower. I don’t know if we can rescue them.”

Teddy glanced at Willow in the moonlit car. The amber light made her green eyes light up, bright and beautiful. He gave her the best reassuring smile he could muster. “Laura trained us well. We have this. We just have to find the right time.”

Right now was not that time. Right now, they had to wait. Too soon, and they would give their position away. His head swam, dizzy. Wow, he wasn’t breathing. He sucked in some air and tried to relax.

“Are you okay?”

He shrugged. “Yeah, sure, why?”

“You’re not your usual chatty, happy self.”

“Our friends are in there. There are only two of us. And my ex-whatever is dating Satan. Not a lot to be happy about right this second, you know?”

Willow laughed and then covered her mouth with her hand. “Sorry. I shouldn’t laugh. You just surprised me, and I laugh sometimes when I’m uncomfortable.”

Though his instincts said it was wrong to laugh, he couldn’t help it. His outburst was comical.

“I am sorry, though. For real. Not about laughing, but about Alicia.” Willow touched his bicep. “It isn’t right.”

“Yeah.” Teddy glanced at her and offered a closed-mouth grin. “At least now I know who she is…what she is. That destroys any residual feelings, and I can move on.” Instantly, he wanted to take the words back. Did she know he meant her? In the dark, he prayed she couldn’t see the heat rising in his cheeks. In the light, he’d be a crimson tomato. “You know what I mean.”

She laughed again, then leaned over, and kissed his cheek. “I know exactly what you mean.”

Did she mean what he hoped she meant? As he opened his mouth to respond, the vehicles began pulling out. “It’s time.”

The last of the cars joined the caravan. Teddy turned on the engine and followed slowly, not turning on the headlights. When the caravan came to the end of the road, one van turned right, the other left.

“Which one do we follow?”

“Eeny meeny miny…” Teddy said pointing to each one, picking the left one, he said, “moe.

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