BAILEE Ben's arms tightened around me as I watched Alex speak into the phone. Both men were furious, but after they witnessed the police threaten to arrest me when I cornered their captain, they kept their calm. Only once did I see him wince and grab his leg when he first arrived, but he recovere
ALEXANDER “We have people in the area already. They will keep an eye out for anything suspicious.” Captain Cole said, and I lifted my wrist to glance at my watch. “We will have more coming in later to avoid it looking unusual.” It wasn’t even two. “Wouldn’t he have already set his trap?” I asked,
BAILEE My foot was tapping as I sat in the van, watching the cameras as Alex approached the South Side Bridge. It wasn’t really a bridge. It was more a small walking path that went over the small pond that the city had added. They had hoped it would bring a place of peace and beauty to an otherwis
ALEXANDER I could see him. He was so close that I could easily see and possibly even grab him if I wanted to. Yet, I couldn’t If Brinley wasn’t with him, then the small chance of her getting out of this unharmed went right out the window. I didn’t know Nathan as well as I thought I did, and i
BAILEE I let out the breath I had been holding, my fear of being arrested overwritten by my relief that he was going to actually take us. I was confident he was about to have us detained, but it was amazing to see just how much power Alex had in the city. If he were anyone else, I had no doubt
BAILEE “Where?” I demanded, searching each screen slowly and carefully for anything that would reveal her location. I knew they wouldn’t take me there when they had barely let us get this close to Caleb, but I was going whether they liked it or not. They needed a warrant to burst into buildings w
BAILEE “Won’t your driver be mad that we aren’t staying in one place?” I asked as he picked it up to a jog. “I don’t think I’ve seen my driver mad a day in his life, and if he can’t locate a moving target, he lied on his resume,” Alex said. “Ben was already with him, waiting for our call. They we
BAILEE “This is absurd,” I said, pulling at the cuff around my wrists. “There are real criminals out there right now, and you have me locked up in here! I can sue you for this!” “No, we can’t,” Ben said, leaning his head back against the wall. “But I will raise hell if anything happens to my niece