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powerful equatorial sunlight. The sky would turn a hazy blue—just right for flying. Mac would give anything to be flying right now, just to escape being around this bastard.
    “I know!” Carlos snapped his fingers and turned toward him. “I hate the English! They’re so arrogant. They think they are a superior species compared to the rest of the world. But what do you think about a Canadian nanny? Perhaps a woman with a military background? Canadians aren’t pretentious. I don’t want a supercilious snob looking after my little Tiki.”
    Shrugging, Mac let the guard stationed at the dispensary open the door for them. Carlos walked throughfirst. “Sounds okay to me.” Mac felt sorry for whomever Garcia would find. His field operatives would put out feelers, lure the poor women down here.
    Carlos hailed Dr. Pablo Macedo as they walked into one of the examination rooms. Mac gently set Sophie down on the gurney. As he smoothed her straight, dirty hair back from her face, he smiled down at her.
    “Sophie, the doctor will help your toe. He’s a good man and he won’t hurt you.” Mac kept his hand cupped around her small shoulder.
    Sophie gave a quick glance at Garcia, who stood near the door, smoking his cigarette. A feral look blazed in her huge blue eyes. All Mac could do was pat her back and try to give her some form of solace. He knew children had a strong sixth sense. They were like primal animals and reacted instinctively to danger. There was no question that Garcia was a danger to Sophie.
    “She seems taken with you, Mac,” Garcia said, studying him intently through the haze of cigarette smoke. “I’ll tell you what. I am going to take you off the flight roster. I want you to temporarily be Tiki and Sophie’s bodyguard for me. I know, I know, you’re not a nanny, but I want this little one to know she has a friend at the villa until she can make friends with Tiki. Yes?”
    Mac stood there, thunderstruck. One part of him thought it was a great idea because he could protect Sophie and try to help her adjust to her imprisonment. The other part—dealing with spoiled Tiki and drunken Paloma—didn’t sit well with him. Still, little Sophie looked so forlorn. He might not be able to rescue herfrom this ugly situation, but he could provide her some badly needed care and comfort.
    “Well…I…”
    “Look how she adores you, compadre. ” Carlos grinned and flipped his manicured hand toward Sophie. “Right now what I need is for her to befriend my beloved Tiki. I’ll get a babysitter within twenty-four hours. You’re too valuable a pilot to remain on the ground for long.”
    “I’m not real good with kids, Patrón. All I know how to do is fly.” That was a lie, but Mac could never let the drug lord know the full scope of his skills. Not yet.
    “I understand that. And I do not expect you to be a bodyguard for too long.”
    “And if Tiki goes crying to you, are you going to take me out in the bush like you did the nannies?” Mac grinned, but he wasn’t kidding.
    Carlos’s eyes lit up with amusement. “No, no, do not worry about that. You are my best pilot! I don’t get rid of people who do their job right. And if Tiki cries, we will deal with those situations as they arise? I’m sure my contacts in Canada will find qualified nannies in a week or two. This is only temporary, I assure you.”
    Because of the way Sophie clung to the front of his damp flight suit, the look of sheer terror in her eyes, Mac gave in and nodded. As if on cue, Macedo, the doctor, entered the room with his nurse and wife, Luisa. “Yeah, okay, Boss. I guess I can babysit for a while.”
    “ Bueno! Good. Well, then that’s settled. Bring Sophie over to Tiki’s playroom when she’s done here. She needs a bath and change of clothes. You’ll see to that, sí? ”
    Nodding, Mac kept the grimness he felt out of hisvoice. “No problema, Patrón.” As he moved aside for the doctor, Mac hoped that the next nanny would be found