Total pages in book: 155
Estimated words: 146417 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 732(@200wpm)___ 586(@250wpm)___ 488(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 146417 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 732(@200wpm)___ 586(@250wpm)___ 488(@300wpm)
Honesty. That was what he was going for now. If honesty made him vulnerable, then he had to deal with it because being dishonest with himself had led to hurting the people he loved the most.
“Do you think she would run again?” Theo asked.
“Yes.”
“Have you considered the fact that if we figured out where she is, Levi Green might be able to as well? It might be time for her to move.”
If that was the case, then he would have to be the bad guy again. “What if she’s happy here? She’s got a shop. She’s got some family. Telling her she has to drop everything again because I haven’t been able to exonerate her feels like another blow.”
“Ian can be over here in a day and a half. Or I can be the one to talk to her,” Theo offered. “If you feel like she wouldn’t take it well from you, we can find someone she won’t mind talking to. Ariel would do it. She would have to call since she’s got a baby now.”
“We do not need to bring a baby into this.” He didn’t like to think about babies. Or kids. Even though he was surrounded by them. It wasn’t that he desperately wanted them. It was that he’d kind of always thought Kim would drag him into the whole family thing. He’d heard it was something a guy got used to. “But I understand that this place might be dangerous for her now. I worry she’ll blame me for that.”
He stared at the front of the shop and watched a man in a dark trench coat enter. He had a hat on his head and didn’t look like the normal tourists who walked in and out of the shops along the street. He touched his earpiece. “Rob, did you catch the guy in the trench coat?”
Rob was watching the CCTVs coming from the marina toward the shop.
“I don’t have anyone like that. I’ve got a ton of people in shorts,” Rob replied. “Sounds like your guy actually watched the weather report.”
A light drizzle had started, and the wind was beginning to pick up. He should have checked the weather. The few days they’d been here had been sunny and calm. He’d wondered if his sun-loving wife was sitting at the top of her tower soaking it all up. He liked to think about her wearing a bikini, drinking a fruity drink, and reading some romance novel. He liked to think she’d been enjoying as much of her life as she could.
There was a buzzing sound and Theo walked off to answer his cell.
“Yeah, Ian, I’m with him. Go on,” Theo said.
He didn’t like Trench Coat. Even the locals tended to wear light colors given the climate. Someone in all black stood out here. He brought up the cameras around the shop and tried to catch a glimpse of the guy’s face.
The man kept his head down. All he gave to the camera was the top of his covered head.
Damn it. He did not like that. “Rob, I want you to call Owen and tell him to be on standby.”
“Shit. You think someone’s going for her?” Rob asked, but then he could hear Rob contact their base in the background.
“I want to be ready if we need to extract her.”
“Tucker’s on his way,” Rob relayed. “I’ll keep an eye on the fort and anyone coming this way.”
“I want you to look at any single men or men in groups. You know what to look for.” Agency guys. If they were smart they would send in women, but Levi didn’t work with a lot of women. He didn’t have a single one on his team with the exception of admins.
“Will do,” Rob replied. “Tucker’s approximately two minutes away. Are you confirming we’re going to make contact?”
“No.” He might be completely paranoid. “I want to monitor the situation. I’ve got eyes on both ways out of the building.” There was a small CCTV camera on the back entrance. He moved to pull it up.
The screen was dark.
“Hey,” Theo said, “Ian’s got some intel that puts Levi Green leaving Germany on time, but the plane didn’t return to the States.”
Beck got to his feet. “He’s here. He came for her. We need to move in and extract her now. Contact Owen.”
Theo frowned. “Uhm, there’s not a lot of places for a chopper to land here.”
He wasn’t thinking. “We don’t need to land. That chopper is fully equipped for a rescue, and we’ve got a good, solid high place to extract from. We get her to the top of the fort and go from there. But I don’t know how many men Levi has with him.”
“I don’t think the local government is working with the Agency.” Theo checked his SIG. “I’ll call the cops and get them out here. If they show, we know they haven’t been given instructions to let Levi take her.”