truck?”
“Yep. Smart girl, that one. Left
you without the means to follow.”
Blake grimaced and ended the call,
dressing and then making his way to the rental in front of the
building where Kyle was waiting on him. He was done playing games
with Kara. She was going to find that out fast.
Chapter Five
Blake stood in the shadows of the
building where Tami Wright, the blond waitress who worked for
Eduardo, lived, watching her load her car with suitcases, with Kara
by her side. What the fuck was she up to? Was she involved in the
drug theft along with this Tami chick, and trying to cover it
up?
Once the bags were in the trunk,
Kara handed Tami an envelope and then hugged her, stepping back and
watching as the other woman climbed into her beat-up Volkswagen and
drove away. Blake let Tami go, knowing Kyle would follow her and
track her destination.
Kara eyed a small piece of paper in
her hand and started to walk unknowingly toward him and the side of
the building where she’d parked the truck, but she hesitated as she
neared the dark enclave where he was waiting. Secretary, his ass,
he thought for the millionth time. She was trained and trained
well, her instincts on high alert. She cut to her left, away from
him, and he stepped out from the darkness.
“Kara.”
She stilled and turned back to him,
her face washed of the shock he sensed in her, her body stiff with
discomfort she didn’t hide as well. “Blake.”
“You didn’t really think you could
sneak out that easily, did you?”
“I can explain.”
“I’m sure you can.” He motioned the
direction where she’d parked. “In my truck.”
She shook her head. “No. That
doesn’t seem like a smart idea, because—”
“I’m not going to kill you,” he
said, grabbing her arm and pulling her with him, irritated he could
read her thoughts and that’s where her head was at. “And damn it, I
wish you’d stop saying I am. It’s starting to get on my
nerves.”
“I could scream,” she threatened,
all but making him drag her.
“And risk your identity being
exposed by the police? I doubt it.” He glared at her. “I told you.
I’m not going to kill you. Turn you over my knee and spank your
pretty little ass, most likely. That I’d enjoy.”
She gaped. “You
wouldn’t.”
“Wouldn’t I?” They were at the
truck, and he pressed her against the door, trapping her there, his
hands by her head. “What are you doing with Eduardo’s
employee?”
“I plead the fifth.”
He ground his teeth, studying her
in the beam of the high moon above. “Why are you here, Kara?
Because it looks bad. It looks like you’re involved in the
thefts.”
Her eyes went wide. “No. I’m not.
That’s not it. ” She crossed her arms in front of her. “It’s…it’s
something completely different.”
“I’m listening.”
“Tami was in trouble. I was helping
her.”
“What kind of trouble?” he
pressed.
“I couldn’t just stand by and let
her be one of the girls they’re selling to the highest bidder. I
couldn’t bear to let it happen.” She inhaled and let it out. “I
just couldn’t.” She raised her hands. “Whatever that means happens
to me, then it happens.”
“What the hell are you talking
about? What girls being sold to the highest bidder? By
who?”
She studied him, looking baffled.
“You don’t know?”
“Fuck no, I don’t know. What girls
being sold to whom, Kara?”
“I’m not completely sure. I just
know there have been girls disappearing, and they work at that
restaurant. I overheard Eduardo telling Tami that she was going to
be sold off if she didn’t deliver this other girl he wanted to
him.”
Blake scrubbed his jaw and cursed
under his breath. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“You work for Mendez, Blake. I know
you say you’re a contractor, but—”
“I damn sure don’t support selling
off woman, Kara. That’s some fucked-up shit.” He lowered his voice.
“When I told you that you could trust me, I