station and I’ll be there myself in the next couple hours.”
“Good God, you actually think they’re going to charge me?”
“I don’t want to take the chance without being prepared. Where are you now?”
“I’m still at Donnell’s dorm.”
“Stay there.” Joe hung up.
She slowly pressed the disconnect.
“Donnell’s dead?” Trevor asked.
“Hit-and-run. Light-colored sedan.” She shook her head. “It’s crazy. Joe thinks they may charge me.”
“No.” He started the car and pulled away from the curb. “That’s not going to happen.”
“Where are you going? Joe told me to stay here until Manning—”
“And I’m sure he had the best of intentions, but there’s no way I’m going to risk them putting you in a cage even temporarily. There are too many ways to get to prisoners.” He pulled even with Bartlett sitting in Jane’s car. “Get out. We’re heading for the airport.”
“The hell we are,” Jane said. “I’m not going anywhere with you.”
“You’re going to the airport,” Trevor said as Bartlett jumped into the backseat. “After that, it’s up to you. But you might consider that Donnell was murdered to eliminate a possible witness. It will give you some indication of how high the stakes are. Mike Fitzgerald and Paul Donnell are both down and they were only minor players. You, on the other hand, are a prime target. And Eve and Joe may be put on the agenda if you go near them. How are you going to take care of them if you’re locked up?”
“There’s no certainty that I’ll be locked up. If they examine my car, they won’t find any damage.”
“But they might impound it for an in-depth test. They may hold you temporarily until you can be cleared. Are you willing to take that chance? Think about it.” His foot pressed the accelerator. “And let me know when we get to the airport.”
4
T his is the airport?” Jane raised her brows as Trevor pulled off the secondary road outside Boston and stopped beside a large hangar.
“I didn’t say it was a major airport.” Trevor got out of the car. “But I guarantee it’s a very private airport.”
“In other words, you’re here illegally.”
“It was necessary. When I knew I had to come here, it had to be fast and unobserved.”
“You didn’t have to come. You chose to.”
“Yes, it’s all about choices.” He stood there looking at her. “Have you made yours?”
“No.” But she slowly got out of the car. “I don’t think that I’m in any danger of being arrested. I believe you were giving me bull to persuade me to do what you wanted. Manning would probably just take my statement and send me home.”
“Possibly.”
“I’ll tell Brenner we’re ready to take off,” Bartlett said as he hopped out of the backseat and smiled at her. “Good-bye, Jane. I hope you won’t decide to abandon us. I’ve missed you.”
She didn’t answer as she watched him hurry across the tarmac toward the Learjet sitting on the runway. She hadn’t realized until this moment that she had missed Bartlett too. Small, plump, with that beaming smile radiating warmth and a kind of innocent joy in life, he was totally unique. “Did he ever marry again?”
“No, maybe he decided three was enough.” Trevor smiled. “Or maybe he was waiting for you. He always liked you.”
“I’d have to stand in line. Every woman has a soft spot for Bartlett. Even Eve.”
“How is Eve?”
“Not so good. Dealing with her mother’s grief and her own is pretty tough. Otherwise, she’s just the same.” Jane couldn’t take her gaze from the plane sitting on the runway. Bartlett had disappeared inside and she could dimly make out two figures in the cockpit. “Who’s Brenner? The pilot?”
“Yes, among other things. He’s an Aussie I brought on board
“Good God, you actually think they’re going to charge me?”
“I don’t want to take the chance without being prepared. Where are you now?”
“I’m still at Donnell’s dorm.”
“Stay there.” Joe hung up.
She slowly pressed the disconnect.
“Donnell’s dead?” Trevor asked.
“Hit-and-run. Light-colored sedan.” She shook her head. “It’s crazy. Joe thinks they may charge me.”
“No.” He started the car and pulled away from the curb. “That’s not going to happen.”
“Where are you going? Joe told me to stay here until Manning—”
“And I’m sure he had the best of intentions, but there’s no way I’m going to risk them putting you in a cage even temporarily. There are too many ways to get to prisoners.” He pulled even with Bartlett sitting in Jane’s car. “Get out. We’re heading for the airport.”
“The hell we are,” Jane said. “I’m not going anywhere with you.”
“You’re going to the airport,” Trevor said as Bartlett jumped into the backseat. “After that, it’s up to you. But you might consider that Donnell was murdered to eliminate a possible witness. It will give you some indication of how high the stakes are. Mike Fitzgerald and Paul Donnell are both down and they were only minor players. You, on the other hand, are a prime target. And Eve and Joe may be put on the agenda if you go near them. How are you going to take care of them if you’re locked up?”
“There’s no certainty that I’ll be locked up. If they examine my car, they won’t find any damage.”
“But they might impound it for an in-depth test. They may hold you temporarily until you can be cleared. Are you willing to take that chance? Think about it.” His foot pressed the accelerator. “And let me know when we get to the airport.”
4
T his is the airport?” Jane raised her brows as Trevor pulled off the secondary road outside Boston and stopped beside a large hangar.
“I didn’t say it was a major airport.” Trevor got out of the car. “But I guarantee it’s a very private airport.”
“In other words, you’re here illegally.”
“It was necessary. When I knew I had to come here, it had to be fast and unobserved.”
“You didn’t have to come. You chose to.”
“Yes, it’s all about choices.” He stood there looking at her. “Have you made yours?”
“No.” But she slowly got out of the car. “I don’t think that I’m in any danger of being arrested. I believe you were giving me bull to persuade me to do what you wanted. Manning would probably just take my statement and send me home.”
“Possibly.”
“I’ll tell Brenner we’re ready to take off,” Bartlett said as he hopped out of the backseat and smiled at her. “Good-bye, Jane. I hope you won’t decide to abandon us. I’ve missed you.”
She didn’t answer as she watched him hurry across the tarmac toward the Learjet sitting on the runway. She hadn’t realized until this moment that she had missed Bartlett too. Small, plump, with that beaming smile radiating warmth and a kind of innocent joy in life, he was totally unique. “Did he ever marry again?”
“No, maybe he decided three was enough.” Trevor smiled. “Or maybe he was waiting for you. He always liked you.”
“I’d have to stand in line. Every woman has a soft spot for Bartlett. Even Eve.”
“How is Eve?”
“Not so good. Dealing with her mother’s grief and her own is pretty tough. Otherwise, she’s just the same.” Jane couldn’t take her gaze from the plane sitting on the runway. Bartlett had disappeared inside and she could dimly make out two figures in the cockpit. “Who’s Brenner? The pilot?”
“Yes, among other things. He’s an Aussie I brought on board
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