about marrying Portia was to think about the baby he would be able to keep safe. It’s what carried him through the entire day, and then it turned out to be nothing but a lie. Annie wouldn’t have known that, all she would have seen is he was happy that day. It must have burned inside her like acid. Yet still she welcomed him again and again into her dreams.
“Are you asking if she knows you’re married? Yeah, she knows. She’s known since the beginning.” Nate looked at him with compassion. Seth shoved off the bed and yanked open the balcony door, desperately needing the fresh air.
If Annie knew, then his family knew. He had a daughter. His world was spinning out of control.
Stop! Get it together. He breathed in. His life wasn’t spinning out of control, it was actually coming into focus for the first time since this goddamn assignment started. Somehow through the grace of God his woman still had feelings for him despite his betrayal. He was humbled.
He had a daughter with this woman. He didn’t have to worry he had a child with a criminal psychopath who would endanger or abuse his child. Instead he had a child with someone who would be the best mother he could ever hope for. He really wanted to try to contact Annie this very second but three people were waiting on him, and it was obvious they had a plan in mind. Again, he needed to focus.
Seth turned and found them huddled around a laptop. They broke apart when he came back in. “Do you have some sort of plan?”
“Our plan was to offer our services to you. All of us have worked in the field, but I’m the only one who has done undercover work,” Brice said.
Seth realized he was about to take these people on face value. But then again, he was really relying on Annie’s word, and he trusted her absolutely. The other factor was he knew without a shadow of a doubt Brice was found as well. He didn’t know how he knew since he had never met another found before, but he knew.
“Aye, you feel it too? It’s the damnedest thing.”
Seth looked into the Scot’s pale gray eyes. “Does this always happen?”
“You’re the fifth found I’ve met. Each time there has been a sense of recognition. Kali, Noah and Joe actually remembered one another.”
“What do you mean, remembered one another?”
“They remembered one another from before they came here. You’ll have to let them explain it to you.”
“Who’s Kali? Who’s Joe?”
“Look, we don’t have time for this. We really need to focus on the job,” Sierra interrupted. Seth and Brice looked at the woman and nodded. She was focused on the computer screen in front of her. “Okay, come over here then.”
Seth looked over Sierra’s shoulder and saw a perfect organizational chart of Thiago Labado’s and Luther Vargas’ operations and how they intersected with Benitez Shipping. She had everything figured out, it was amazing. “How do you know all of this?”
“It was easy. Once I made the leap Benitez was doing the shipping for Labado’s drugs and guns, which he had to be, otherwise why would you have married Portia? We knew you were involved with Labado, so it was easy to trace. The only tough part to figure was Vargas.”
Seth watched Sierra’s fingers flew over the keyboard and slide after slide whizzed by showing the players in both organizations. We’ve had you, Portia and Tomas under surveillance for the last two weeks. By the way, Portia is out of her ever loving mind. I couldn’t believe it when she slammed her boat into Ricardo Vargas’ boat. She was lucky his body guards didn’t kill her and her giggly girlfriends’ right on the spot. I guess all those breast implants were worth the money.”
Suddenly pictures and organizational charts of Ricardo Vargas’ family and business were on the monitor. Sierra hadn’t missed any of the players. “We saw Labado’s men planting charges yesterday and today, we knew you wouldn’t be on the premises. But we thought you’d be at
“Are you asking if she knows you’re married? Yeah, she knows. She’s known since the beginning.” Nate looked at him with compassion. Seth shoved off the bed and yanked open the balcony door, desperately needing the fresh air.
If Annie knew, then his family knew. He had a daughter. His world was spinning out of control.
Stop! Get it together. He breathed in. His life wasn’t spinning out of control, it was actually coming into focus for the first time since this goddamn assignment started. Somehow through the grace of God his woman still had feelings for him despite his betrayal. He was humbled.
He had a daughter with this woman. He didn’t have to worry he had a child with a criminal psychopath who would endanger or abuse his child. Instead he had a child with someone who would be the best mother he could ever hope for. He really wanted to try to contact Annie this very second but three people were waiting on him, and it was obvious they had a plan in mind. Again, he needed to focus.
Seth turned and found them huddled around a laptop. They broke apart when he came back in. “Do you have some sort of plan?”
“Our plan was to offer our services to you. All of us have worked in the field, but I’m the only one who has done undercover work,” Brice said.
Seth realized he was about to take these people on face value. But then again, he was really relying on Annie’s word, and he trusted her absolutely. The other factor was he knew without a shadow of a doubt Brice was found as well. He didn’t know how he knew since he had never met another found before, but he knew.
“Aye, you feel it too? It’s the damnedest thing.”
Seth looked into the Scot’s pale gray eyes. “Does this always happen?”
“You’re the fifth found I’ve met. Each time there has been a sense of recognition. Kali, Noah and Joe actually remembered one another.”
“What do you mean, remembered one another?”
“They remembered one another from before they came here. You’ll have to let them explain it to you.”
“Who’s Kali? Who’s Joe?”
“Look, we don’t have time for this. We really need to focus on the job,” Sierra interrupted. Seth and Brice looked at the woman and nodded. She was focused on the computer screen in front of her. “Okay, come over here then.”
Seth looked over Sierra’s shoulder and saw a perfect organizational chart of Thiago Labado’s and Luther Vargas’ operations and how they intersected with Benitez Shipping. She had everything figured out, it was amazing. “How do you know all of this?”
“It was easy. Once I made the leap Benitez was doing the shipping for Labado’s drugs and guns, which he had to be, otherwise why would you have married Portia? We knew you were involved with Labado, so it was easy to trace. The only tough part to figure was Vargas.”
Seth watched Sierra’s fingers flew over the keyboard and slide after slide whizzed by showing the players in both organizations. We’ve had you, Portia and Tomas under surveillance for the last two weeks. By the way, Portia is out of her ever loving mind. I couldn’t believe it when she slammed her boat into Ricardo Vargas’ boat. She was lucky his body guards didn’t kill her and her giggly girlfriends’ right on the spot. I guess all those breast implants were worth the money.”
Suddenly pictures and organizational charts of Ricardo Vargas’ family and business were on the monitor. Sierra hadn’t missed any of the players. “We saw Labado’s men planting charges yesterday and today, we knew you wouldn’t be on the premises. But we thought you’d be at
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