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Authors: Harmony Raines
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His stomach dropped. It had to be from Landy, or was this a setup too? Joel raked his hand through his hair. This had all gone so wrong: what should have been a few days with his mate by his side had turned into a disaster, which he had to get them out of.
“Chrissie.” He motioned for her to join him in the kitchen.
“What about him?” Chrissie asked, pointing at the guy on the floor.
Joel picked up the Taser. “He moves, he’ll get this. I don’t care if it’s the right thing to do or not.”
“I don’t need to run. You’ll let me go so I won’t give evidence against your girlfriend.” He lay back down and began to whistle. This guy was the worst kind, he thought he was invincible, and Joel’s bear longed to tell him otherwise.
“What is it?” Chrissie asked.
He showed her the message on his phone. “We should go.”
“Run. You want us to go on the run? We’ve done nothing wrong. Especially you. This has nothing to do with you.”
“It has everything to do with me. I told you I would protect you, and that means from everyone, not just scumbags like this.”
“It will get straightened out,” she insisted.
“Will it?” He arched an eyebrow, questioning her.
“It has to.”
“Have you given any thought as to who is setting you up? I don’t know what Landy knows, but he gave me orders, and I follow orders,” Joel said firmly. “If what he says is true, someone is going out of their way to make you the fall guy. Who would do this, Chrissie?” His theory on Anderson was looking thin: what reason did he have to hate Chrissie? But the key, and the code, it had to be someone who had been here, and knew it was where they were bringing Sam. The chief had said four people knew. Damn it! What if Landy had sent his cryptic message because their chief had set this whole thing up?
“I don’t know.” She put her face in her hands and shook her head. “Maybe someone from work, a disgruntled client.” She looked up at him. “Or it could just be Krieg. How do you know this isn’t his way of covering up his own involvement? Look, if I was blamed for the death of Angela, he could come forward and take Sam legally.”
“That would be smart thinking. Is Krieg that smart? And it doesn’t explain the key, or the code.” Joel shook his head. “It doesn’t add up.”
“I don’t know too much about Krieg, I got the feeling he used brute force rather than his brains. And you are right, it doesn’t explain the key.” She looked so tired and pale. He longed to tell her to go back to bed, that by the time she woke up in the morning, he would have it all resolved. But that would be a lie, and mates didn’t lie to each other.
“We need to move. If Landy sent this, and I’m sure he did, then he has a good reason for wanting us to run.”
She lifted his hand and read the text again. “Are you sure?”
“I’m sure if we don’t, we are going to play straight into the hands of whoever is behind this. And I am not willing to let that happen. We run, we regroup. I’ll talk to Landy. All we have to say is we were afraid for Sam. The chief already admitted there was a mole. So let’s try to unearth him.”
“But where do we go? It’s not easy to lay low when you have a baby in tow.”
“I know where. It’s a long drive, so grab everything you can, let’s load it in the car and get out of here.”
His phone beeped again and he looked at it quickly, this time not showing it to Chrissie, who was heading for the stairs. She was already moving fast; she did not need to know— They are coming… Don’t be there when they arrive. The mole has surfaced. And he has big teeth.
Chapter Twelve – Chrissie
They had found a small, roadside, all-night diner to stop at. The kind lady behind the counter had warmed a bottle for Sam, and Chrissie had fed him, while forcing herself to eat some waffles. Joel had no problem polishing off a large
His stomach dropped. It had to be from Landy, or was this a setup too? Joel raked his hand through his hair. This had all gone so wrong: what should have been a few days with his mate by his side had turned into a disaster, which he had to get them out of.
“Chrissie.” He motioned for her to join him in the kitchen.
“What about him?” Chrissie asked, pointing at the guy on the floor.
Joel picked up the Taser. “He moves, he’ll get this. I don’t care if it’s the right thing to do or not.”
“I don’t need to run. You’ll let me go so I won’t give evidence against your girlfriend.” He lay back down and began to whistle. This guy was the worst kind, he thought he was invincible, and Joel’s bear longed to tell him otherwise.
“What is it?” Chrissie asked.
He showed her the message on his phone. “We should go.”
“Run. You want us to go on the run? We’ve done nothing wrong. Especially you. This has nothing to do with you.”
“It has everything to do with me. I told you I would protect you, and that means from everyone, not just scumbags like this.”
“It will get straightened out,” she insisted.
“Will it?” He arched an eyebrow, questioning her.
“It has to.”
“Have you given any thought as to who is setting you up? I don’t know what Landy knows, but he gave me orders, and I follow orders,” Joel said firmly. “If what he says is true, someone is going out of their way to make you the fall guy. Who would do this, Chrissie?” His theory on Anderson was looking thin: what reason did he have to hate Chrissie? But the key, and the code, it had to be someone who had been here, and knew it was where they were bringing Sam. The chief had said four people knew. Damn it! What if Landy had sent his cryptic message because their chief had set this whole thing up?
“I don’t know.” She put her face in her hands and shook her head. “Maybe someone from work, a disgruntled client.” She looked up at him. “Or it could just be Krieg. How do you know this isn’t his way of covering up his own involvement? Look, if I was blamed for the death of Angela, he could come forward and take Sam legally.”
“That would be smart thinking. Is Krieg that smart? And it doesn’t explain the key, or the code.” Joel shook his head. “It doesn’t add up.”
“I don’t know too much about Krieg, I got the feeling he used brute force rather than his brains. And you are right, it doesn’t explain the key.” She looked so tired and pale. He longed to tell her to go back to bed, that by the time she woke up in the morning, he would have it all resolved. But that would be a lie, and mates didn’t lie to each other.
“We need to move. If Landy sent this, and I’m sure he did, then he has a good reason for wanting us to run.”
She lifted his hand and read the text again. “Are you sure?”
“I’m sure if we don’t, we are going to play straight into the hands of whoever is behind this. And I am not willing to let that happen. We run, we regroup. I’ll talk to Landy. All we have to say is we were afraid for Sam. The chief already admitted there was a mole. So let’s try to unearth him.”
“But where do we go? It’s not easy to lay low when you have a baby in tow.”
“I know where. It’s a long drive, so grab everything you can, let’s load it in the car and get out of here.”
His phone beeped again and he looked at it quickly, this time not showing it to Chrissie, who was heading for the stairs. She was already moving fast; she did not need to know— They are coming… Don’t be there when they arrive. The mole has surfaced. And he has big teeth.
Chapter Twelve – Chrissie
They had found a small, roadside, all-night diner to stop at. The kind lady behind the counter had warmed a bottle for Sam, and Chrissie had fed him, while forcing herself to eat some waffles. Joel had no problem polishing off a large
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