fully integrated to learn how she was involved in Pascel’s murder.”
“I’m not a killer either.” I hopped another two inches. Maybe if I could get close enough, I’d land on his toe. Somehow, I doubted he’d stay put for the week or so the journey would take. “And you can’t prove otherwise.”
Unless he made something up. I froze. Could he do that? Absolutely. Big Brother lied all the time. But would he?
He cocked his head a little to the left. “Yes, that’s her.”
The people on the other end of the cell could hear me? I’d detected no noise coming from the phone. I almost believed he was acting, trying to scare me into doing something like confessing. My hands clenched into fists. To have someone actually giving orders to kill me…
Anger engulfed every red-blooded American cell in my body.
“I have rights you know. Constitutional rights!” I slapped the chair’s arms with my open palms. “I demand a fair trail.”
“Yes, ma’am. If you’ll give me a moment.” Tobias Werner UED covered the mouth piece again and shook the cell phone at me. “You have the right to remain silent. If you lack the ability, I will gag you.”
I was sick of his threats, sick of being tied to a chair, and just plain sick thanks to his Spam dots. “I will not be quiet!”
I raised my chin and glared at him. Take that in your gag order and smoke it.
“And I will not sit quietly.” I’d had enough. I rocked from side-to-side in the chair, yanking on my tied limbs and lifting the legs off the floor in the process. The legs landed against the tile with a teeth jarring-thump. I welcomed the pain and used it to focus.
“Nor will I allow some government douche bag to decide my fate over a flippin’ cell phone.” Take that Werner with a V .
In two quick strides, he reached the dining room table and snatched up his triangular key fob. He aimed it at me.
I jerked to a stop. Oh snap. I’d forgotten about the keychain. Still the green light hadn’t silenced me before, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t boil my brain in its juices. “Don’t you dare!”
“I always do what I say.” A smile flickered across his lips. He pressed the opal embedded in the silver metal and a four-inch rainbow shot out of the tip pointed at me.
A rainbow? I blinked. Good heavens what was next? Flower petals? Laughter bubbled up my throat before strangling off. Son of a monkey’s butt! I’d forgotten about the light handcuffs. Hoping to dodge the thing, I tossed my weight to the right. The chair teetered on two legs.
The rainbow veered in my direction.
Oh no! I twitched and over-balanced. For a moment, my stomach fluttered up my throat then I landed. The contact played through my bones like a mad xylophone player. While the clatter ping-ponged inside my head, the band of light flit above me, before alighting on my face. Feather soft caresses tickled my lips and cheeks. I tried to open my mouth and felt a slight tug on my cheeks. He’d actually done it. He’d gagged me!
Smirking, Tobias righted me and my chair before tucking the phone between his shoulder and ear. “Okay, I’m back.”
Bastard! The gag muffled the swear word. I jerked on my ties. To heck with the swear jar. I was fighting for my life here. Tobias Werner Underwear Eating Douche bag’s wide shoulders shook under his orange shirt. So the toe-jam eating son of Satan thought it was funny, huh? Just wait until I got out of my bonds.
I tugged harder on my arms. The wood didn’t even wiggle. Dang it, why did he have to tie me to the one piece of furniture that had been made to last? Where were the made-in-China pieces when I needed them?
The amusement evaporated from his green eyes and his whole body stilled. “No, disposing of her wouldn’t be a problem.”
It would be for me. My sweaty hands slid on the arms of the chair. Heart hammering inside my chest, I rocked back and forth in my chair. The leg screeched.
He tossed me a murderous look. His wide mouth
“I’m not a killer either.” I hopped another two inches. Maybe if I could get close enough, I’d land on his toe. Somehow, I doubted he’d stay put for the week or so the journey would take. “And you can’t prove otherwise.”
Unless he made something up. I froze. Could he do that? Absolutely. Big Brother lied all the time. But would he?
He cocked his head a little to the left. “Yes, that’s her.”
The people on the other end of the cell could hear me? I’d detected no noise coming from the phone. I almost believed he was acting, trying to scare me into doing something like confessing. My hands clenched into fists. To have someone actually giving orders to kill me…
Anger engulfed every red-blooded American cell in my body.
“I have rights you know. Constitutional rights!” I slapped the chair’s arms with my open palms. “I demand a fair trail.”
“Yes, ma’am. If you’ll give me a moment.” Tobias Werner UED covered the mouth piece again and shook the cell phone at me. “You have the right to remain silent. If you lack the ability, I will gag you.”
I was sick of his threats, sick of being tied to a chair, and just plain sick thanks to his Spam dots. “I will not be quiet!”
I raised my chin and glared at him. Take that in your gag order and smoke it.
“And I will not sit quietly.” I’d had enough. I rocked from side-to-side in the chair, yanking on my tied limbs and lifting the legs off the floor in the process. The legs landed against the tile with a teeth jarring-thump. I welcomed the pain and used it to focus.
“Nor will I allow some government douche bag to decide my fate over a flippin’ cell phone.” Take that Werner with a V .
In two quick strides, he reached the dining room table and snatched up his triangular key fob. He aimed it at me.
I jerked to a stop. Oh snap. I’d forgotten about the keychain. Still the green light hadn’t silenced me before, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t boil my brain in its juices. “Don’t you dare!”
“I always do what I say.” A smile flickered across his lips. He pressed the opal embedded in the silver metal and a four-inch rainbow shot out of the tip pointed at me.
A rainbow? I blinked. Good heavens what was next? Flower petals? Laughter bubbled up my throat before strangling off. Son of a monkey’s butt! I’d forgotten about the light handcuffs. Hoping to dodge the thing, I tossed my weight to the right. The chair teetered on two legs.
The rainbow veered in my direction.
Oh no! I twitched and over-balanced. For a moment, my stomach fluttered up my throat then I landed. The contact played through my bones like a mad xylophone player. While the clatter ping-ponged inside my head, the band of light flit above me, before alighting on my face. Feather soft caresses tickled my lips and cheeks. I tried to open my mouth and felt a slight tug on my cheeks. He’d actually done it. He’d gagged me!
Smirking, Tobias righted me and my chair before tucking the phone between his shoulder and ear. “Okay, I’m back.”
Bastard! The gag muffled the swear word. I jerked on my ties. To heck with the swear jar. I was fighting for my life here. Tobias Werner Underwear Eating Douche bag’s wide shoulders shook under his orange shirt. So the toe-jam eating son of Satan thought it was funny, huh? Just wait until I got out of my bonds.
I tugged harder on my arms. The wood didn’t even wiggle. Dang it, why did he have to tie me to the one piece of furniture that had been made to last? Where were the made-in-China pieces when I needed them?
The amusement evaporated from his green eyes and his whole body stilled. “No, disposing of her wouldn’t be a problem.”
It would be for me. My sweaty hands slid on the arms of the chair. Heart hammering inside my chest, I rocked back and forth in my chair. The leg screeched.
He tossed me a murderous look. His wide mouth
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