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you, Fath…thanks. I’ll call you in a couple of days with any updates.”
    As they disconnected, he glanced in the mirror and noticed an oversized SUV similar to the one he drove trailing behind him. The vehicle had simply appeared when they’d entered the downtown area. It hadn’t followed them to the beach and while it could be nothing, he wasn’t taking any chances.
    “Who was that on the phone? And what do you mean if anything happens to you or me? I’m not being dragged into whatever this craziness is.”
    “Hold on.” Gunning the engine, he took a sharp left.
    The SUV followed.
    He flipped on his right blinker and the other vehicle did the same. Definitely tailing him. The guy wasn’t even trying to hide it. But so far he hadn’t gained or made any overtly aggressive moves. Gripping the wheel, he swerved another left. The vehicle continued to follow.
    “Are we being followed?” Alexis swiveled in her seat.
    “Not sure yet,” he muttered.
    As he drove through town, he was thankful for the near empty streets. Keeping his eyes on the rearview mirror, he reached out and lightly grasped her leg. He wanted—needed—to feel her. Just for a moment. He didn’t deserve to touch her but he couldn’t feign being sorry. After so many years of thinking and dreaming about her, it was almost impossible to believe she sat so close to him. The circumstances were crap, but feeling her somehow grounded him. Which was insane.
    “Don’t touch me,” she growled.
    Immediately he jerked his hand back. At that moment he loathed himself. Touching her like that when she hadn’t asked to be dragged into the vehicle with him.
    “Do you trust me?” he asked, then immediately wanted to take the question back.
    Her eyebrows rose in disbelief.
    Guess that would have to be good enough. “I need you to get on the floorboard.”
    “Are you going to let me go? And will you answer all my questions?”
    He checked the rearview mirror again. Still had a tail. “As soon as we lose this guy, I’ll answer your questions.” But he wouldn’t let her go.
    “Fine,” she said through gritted teeth.
    Gripping the wheel tightly, he maneuvered a quick U-turn, completely surprising the other driver. White smoke rose up behind him and black skid marks covered the pavement.
    He watched as the driver’s side window of the other vehicle rolled down. Hunter braced himself for the impending impact. “Stay down!” he shouted at Alexis.
    He had nowhere to go unless he wanted to crash into one of the stores. An avalanche of bullets sprayed the driver’s side. It sounded like heavy rainfall on a tin roof. Jerking to the right, he somehow managed to avoid getting shot.
    Alexis let out a brief scream but didn’t make a move to get up.
    As more loud pings ricocheted off the vehicle, he braced himself for the ripping pain of a bullet. Nothing struck him directly. Taking one last sharp turn, he slammed his foot on the accelerator and raced out of town.
    “Is he still behind us?” Panic vibrated through her shaky voice.
    He wasn’t sure why she was whispering, but the frightened look in her wide eyes tore at his heart. The last thing he’d ever wanted to do was bring this to her doorstep. It was just another reminder that he had no place in her or their son’s life. “He’s still there.”
    “Who is he?”
    “I don’t know. He works for the men who want me dead.” That was as honest as he could be without laying everything on her.
    No red lights on this stretch of road. He retraced his steps back to the two-lane road he’d taken to dump the body. Getting this guy away from the general public was the most important thing.
    He couldn’t have any more deaths hanging over his head.
    The back window exploded and Alexis screamed again. Shards of glass spewed all the way to the front seat. He sank lower in his seat and started swerving erratically across the deserted two-lane road.
    “Hunter, talk to me! Are you okay? Did you get