poked Maggie in the arm. “Ready?” Maggie smiled at Enrique. “Oh, hells yeah.”
Chapter Eight
“I’ll be right there. Thank you so much.” John snapped his phone closed. Finding someone to follow Gwen in Central America had been surprisingly easy. The GPS had told him exactly which archaeology site she was at. When he’d flown in a few days ago, he walked up to the first driver he saw with a Jeep. Jorge had been sympathetic to John being abandoned by his wife. Of course he knew the trails … sure he had a cousin who needed to make a few bucks taking pictures. Very accommodating natives. He’d shown Jorge a picture of Gwen with Maggie in it. It was a stroke of luck that Jorge owned the off-road truck rental business where Maggie got her Hummer. He checked his reflection. “You need to go, sweetheart. I have some business to handle.” Tan hands with pink nail polish snaked up his chest from behind. “I go with you?” The girl pouted like the child she looked to be, though she’d told him she was nineteen when he asked. The blossoming age between sixteen and twenty had always been his weakness. The memory of Gwen at nineteen still made his mouth water. John reached in his billfold and handed her two hundred dollars. “I not … whore!” She crossed her arms over her perky breasts. John wrapped his arms around her stiff form. “I know you’re not, sweetheart. I just thought you might want to go shopping for a few hours while I get some business done.” He placed a kiss to the top of her head and she instantly melted against him. He racked his mind trying to remember her name. She took the money and dressed, giving him smiles probably meant to be coy. He hardened behind his zipper at the demonstration of naive sexuality. The girl left with a promise to return the next day. He just nodded, though by then John would have his insubordinate wife to deal with. Maggie had pulled Gwen out of the jungle, giving him the opportunity he needed. Removing the black ball cap respectfully, John stopped at the front desk of his hotel and asked them to move him to a different floor and room. Of course they would see to moving his bags and personal belongings. Of course they would upgrade him to a full suite for no extra charge. Accommodating. The taxi dropped him off in a dirty alley behind the bar. The back door opened and Jorge stood smiling in a plume of cigarette smoke. “Come, come. You’re wife just arrived, señor.” John ducked in and Jorge led him to a line of chairs set up behind the dark screen backdrop of the stage. A couple of kitchen workers rose and wandered off when they approached. “Why are we back here?” John felt the need to whisper. Jorge waved to a large man leaning against the wall with his arms folded. Bouncer. Just like the US. “My nephew owns this bar. I recommended it and made a reservation for the Maggie girl. This is where employees can watch the shows without bothering the patrons.” The stage lights came on. The black draping light from behind became nearly sheer from the backside answering John’s question even if Jorge hadn’t. John’s eyes were instantly drawn to the halo of white hair sitting front stage center. Gwen and Maggie sat side by side. It was the two men on the ends that had John sinking into one of the chairs. The seductive mannerisms of Gwen and the muscle-head Indian when they drank. If she hadn’t fucked him already, it would happen by the end of the night. Unbelievable. Jorge gave him a look of pity. “I’m sorry, señor. This must be very difficult to see.” He handed John an envelope. “These are from my cousin.” “It’s not her fault. Her friend leads her down the wrong path,” John assured Jorge … and reminded himself. Of course, Maggie had just arrived, and Gwen seemed too comfortable with the man to have just met him. John flipped through the pictures as Maggie and Gwen croned out a lame Dixie Chicks song. Most were images of