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impeccably groomed strands he cursed again. “We need that drive. We
can’t let the cops, or worse, the Feds find it first. If they do...”
    The others in the room nodded. They all knew the
consequences if the drive was found by anyone but one of them. Prison, if they
were lucky.
    A knock at the door had him holding up a hand.
“Yes?”
    “Sorry to interrupt, sir, but we need to leave now
if we’re going to get to the event on time,” his assistant called out.
    “I’ll be right there,” he said, checking his watch.
    “All right, find out more about the boyfriend. And,
for the love of God, find that damn drive,” he snapped out. “I’m going to be
appointed any day now, boys. I can’t have that lurking out there like a fucking
time bomb just waiting to explode in all our faces.”
    The three men all snapped him a salute as he left
the room. While he wasn’t in the service any longer, them either, he trusted
them more than the sycophants who sucked up to him daily. They would find the
drive and, if the woman got in the way again, they would terminate her.
    “Debra,” he smiled at his wife. “You are looking
stunning as always, my dear.”
    “Oh you,” she laughed.
    Smiling, he took her arm as they walked out the
door of their home.

 
    Chapter Six
     
    Jerking awake, Trent rubbed a hand over his face
and squinted around the room. Mallory’s guest bedroom. Right. Grabbing his phone, he flinched at the bright
screen as he checked the time.
    Then he heard it again. The sound
of a choked sob.
    Mallory, he realized, throwing back the blankets.
Grabbing up his jeans he tugged them on and buttoned them as he went from his
room to hers. Easing the door open, he slipped inside and went straight to the
bed.
    “Mallory,” he called her name as he sat down on the
bed at her side. Reaching out he flicked on the lamp next to her bed.
    “Come on, honey, wake up. It’s just a nightmare,”
he said, grabbing her hands as she flailed.
    She came awake with a scream and fought him.
    “Mallory, it’s Trent, easy,” he said louder.
    She stilled instantly and blinked at him. Letting
her hands go, he eased back a bit so he wasn’t crowding her.
    “Trent?” she whispered.
    At his nod, she let out a sob and threw herself
into his arms.
    “ Shh , I have you,” he
whispered. Wrapping her up in his arms, Trent rubbed her back gently. “ Shh ,” he said again as he began to rock her gently back and
forth.
    She wiggled around until she was in his lap, her
arms tight around his neck and her tears hot on his skin. He didn’t know what
to say to soothe her so he just held her and let her cry. Trent had a bad feeling that making her talk about the attack twice in
one day, first with Robyn and then with him again, had been too much.
    He didn’t know how long it was before she finally
relaxed her hold on him and no more tears slid down his skin, but he didn’t
care. He’d sit there the entire night with her if that was what she needed.
    Eventually, she loosened her hold and sat back a
little. Her eyes were red and a bit puffy which didn’t detract from the fact she
was still gorgeous. Not that he mentioned any of that. He had a feeling she
wouldn’t appreciated it much.
    “Want to talk about it?” he asked as she slid back
to sit on the bed.
    “No, not really,” she muttered.
    “Let me get you some water and a cloth.” Getting up,
he went out to the bathroom and wet a face cloth with some cold water before
filling up the glass she had sitting there. Carrying both items back, he handed
her the cloth first as he settled back on the edge of the bed.
    She pressed the cloth to her face for several long
minutes before wiping it over her skin. When she set it on the bedside table,
he handed her the glass.
    “Thank you,” she whispered.
    “You don’t have to thank me. I have a feeling I’m
the reason you had that nightmare,” he said.
    She looked at him as she sipped the water. Lowering
it to her lap, she shook her