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to rush her. Apparently, he could be quite the gentleman when there wasn’t someone shooting at them.
    “I don’t have the drive on me,” she said finally. “We’ll have to go and get it.”
    “I take it you’ve hidden it?” he asked, pushing away from the wall of the building.
    “Somewhere very safe.”
    “Good.” He started off down the street opposite from her car.
    “Hey, I’m parked over here,” she said, pointing behind her.
    “I know,” he said, not breaking his stride. “We’ll be taking my car from now on.”
    Ally hurried to catch up with him. “Because it’s safer?”
    “That’s one reason. The other is I don’t trust you not to speed off and leave me behind.”
    Now it was her turn to flash him a mischievous smile. “Come on. It’s a twelve-year-old Toyota. It doesn’t speed off anywhere.”
    “Fair enough,” he conceded. “But still, I insist we take mine.”
    Ally couldn’t contain the chuckle that rose up in her throat as he stepped over to the driver’s side of a new sports car, one far too fancy for Ally to know the name of. He pulled the keys from his pocket.
    “Yeah, I can see why,” she said, looking down at the sleek, red machine in front of her. “ This is your car?”
    “You were expecting something else?” he asked.
    She shouldn’t have been. It had just been so long since she’d ridden in a car that wasn’t held together with duct tape and prayers, she’d kind of forgotten there were other ways of getting around.
    Ally opened the door and slid into the passenger side. The inside of the car was every bit as stylish and modern as the outside. She’d just settled into her seat when she heard the lock click into place.
    She snapped her head toward Carter. He gave her an apologetic shrug of his shoulders.
    “Just a precaution,” he explained. “For your own safety.”
    Ally’s eyes narrowed. “You don’t actually believe that I’d jump out of a moving car, do you?”
    He started up the car. Ally was startled as the engine roared to life. Damn. The thing wasn’t even moving yet and she could still feel it humming with power.
    “After last night, I don’t plan on ever underestimating you again,” he said.
    Ally smiled as she pulled the seatbelt across her body. “I’m guessing not many people have managed to slip past you before.”
    “No they haven’t,” he admitted with a shake of his head.
    “Probably, nobody has done it twice,” she said, with a laugh.
    “You’re the first to achieve that feat,” he said, turning to look her in the eye. There was humor in his warm brown eyes, but something else as well, something deeper that Ally couldn’t guess at. “I guess that makes you special.”
    The giggles slowly faded, replaced by a blush that she couldn’t explain. Just another emotional swing to blame on the exhaustion, she reasoned.
    Carter tossed her the pastries before putting the car in gear.
    “I thought these were for you,” she said.
    “I already had breakfast,” he said. “They’re for you. You’ll feel better if you eat.”
    “But…”
    “But what?”
    He glanced into his mirror before pulling into traffic. Ally was pushed back into her seat by the sudden show of horsepower.
    Forget the discomfort of her churning stomach, she would never forgive herself if she puked all over the inside of his fancy—and no doubt crazy expensive—sports car.
    Not that she was about to share that with him.
    “I’m afraid I’ll get crumbs all over the place,” she said.
    “Just eat the damned muffin, Ally.”
    “Okay.” She shrugged and dug into the bag. “It’s your leather interior to detail, after all.”

 
    Chapter Four
     
     
    “It’s right in here,” Ally said, pointing to the right and up her parent’s driveway. She let out a long sigh as Carter pulled in and set the brake. She stared out the windshield, but didn’t reach for the door handle at her side.
    “Are you ready?” Carter prompted her after another moment