unholy mirth.
Cooper knew he was going to be bugged forever.
He subsided in his seat and glared out the window. Only to see Markus’s smirk in the rearview mirror.
“Shit,” he said under his breath. They’d never leave him alone now.
Just as they reached the correct sector of the camp, a large group of young men stepped out in front to stop the vehicles.
And Sasha gasped in recognition. “Oh my God,” she whispered. “That’s my driver. The one we thought was shot dead.”
Chapter 8
T he vehicles rolled to a stop. Sasha peered forward to see Mason speaking with the men. “Markus you need to help him,” she ordered.
That he opened his door and hopped out immediately caused a snicker from her left. She eyed the man whose name she didn’t know and asked, “Do you speak their language?”
He immediately shook his head.
“Exactly.” She turned to Cooper. “Let me out.”
He shook his head, his gaze never moving from the man sitting on a chair. She followed the same direction as he was looking and studied her driver. His skin pale and his features drawn. Without a shirt the bandage around his ribs was easy to see as was the blood seeping through it.
“Cooper…” she said in her most imperious tone. “He needs to be questioned and his injuries looked at. We also need to be asking if the other medical personnel here are in danger. Did he have anything to do with my abduction or not?”
In the lead vehicle she could see David and Theresa arguing with the men as well.
“Why do you guys have to be so difficult?” she muttered.
He slanted a gaze her way and she glared at him. Then in a move that surprised everyone, she hopped onto her seat and scrambled into the front and was out Markus’s door before they had a chance to grab her. Outside she raced to Jamel. It wasn’t his full name but it was the only version she could enunciate.
When he saw her, he bounced to his feet and gasped, his face going sheer white.
“Easy, Jamel, sit down.”
He collapsed back again. But whether it was from his injuries or shock, she didn’t know.
He appeared agitated when he saw the SEALs surrounded them.
“It’s okay. They are surrounding me. Not you.”
“You think?” Cooper said in a cool voice. “We’ve been looking for him. He was at the same cabin, he gets shot and yet somehow you are moved and he escapes and tells no one.”
“They said they’d kill me,” he cried out in fear. “I was injured. Couldn’t move. I waited until everyone was gone. And then tried to move. Only I wasn’t alone. The gunman told me if I lived I had to keep quiet or they’d come and kill my family.” His voice shook and his body wracked with tremors. She knew the signs well.
“I have to check your ribs. You’re running a fever and that is not good.”
“Doc,” Evan said. “Aren’t there others around here that can help him?”
“Yes,” she said without looking up. “Go find me one.” She shot Cooper a stern look. “But I assume people want to talk to him.”
“No, no,” Jamel cried. “No want to talk.”
Several of the other men surrounded them.
“Back up and give me room,” she ordered. “You can ask him questions, but I don’t want him doing more damage to his injuries.” She bent down and reached out to open his bandage, but he shook his hands at her. “No. No,” he cried. “They will take me away.”
“If they do,” she’s said, “I’ll be with you.”
He stared at her with hope. “You would help me?”
“I’m trying to help you now,” she said gently. “Sit still so I can look.”
He stilled long enough for her to unwrap the bandage. She sat back on her heels. This was what Ron had taken a bullet for. He’d been grazed. That was all. They hadn’t intended to kill him or even maim him. “Did you clean this out?”
He nodded. “My wife.”
Sasha sighed. “But you didn’t go to the clinic to get help, did you?”
“I was afraid. Everyone knew I had been taken
Cooper knew he was going to be bugged forever.
He subsided in his seat and glared out the window. Only to see Markus’s smirk in the rearview mirror.
“Shit,” he said under his breath. They’d never leave him alone now.
Just as they reached the correct sector of the camp, a large group of young men stepped out in front to stop the vehicles.
And Sasha gasped in recognition. “Oh my God,” she whispered. “That’s my driver. The one we thought was shot dead.”
Chapter 8
T he vehicles rolled to a stop. Sasha peered forward to see Mason speaking with the men. “Markus you need to help him,” she ordered.
That he opened his door and hopped out immediately caused a snicker from her left. She eyed the man whose name she didn’t know and asked, “Do you speak their language?”
He immediately shook his head.
“Exactly.” She turned to Cooper. “Let me out.”
He shook his head, his gaze never moving from the man sitting on a chair. She followed the same direction as he was looking and studied her driver. His skin pale and his features drawn. Without a shirt the bandage around his ribs was easy to see as was the blood seeping through it.
“Cooper…” she said in her most imperious tone. “He needs to be questioned and his injuries looked at. We also need to be asking if the other medical personnel here are in danger. Did he have anything to do with my abduction or not?”
In the lead vehicle she could see David and Theresa arguing with the men as well.
“Why do you guys have to be so difficult?” she muttered.
He slanted a gaze her way and she glared at him. Then in a move that surprised everyone, she hopped onto her seat and scrambled into the front and was out Markus’s door before they had a chance to grab her. Outside she raced to Jamel. It wasn’t his full name but it was the only version she could enunciate.
When he saw her, he bounced to his feet and gasped, his face going sheer white.
“Easy, Jamel, sit down.”
He collapsed back again. But whether it was from his injuries or shock, she didn’t know.
He appeared agitated when he saw the SEALs surrounded them.
“It’s okay. They are surrounding me. Not you.”
“You think?” Cooper said in a cool voice. “We’ve been looking for him. He was at the same cabin, he gets shot and yet somehow you are moved and he escapes and tells no one.”
“They said they’d kill me,” he cried out in fear. “I was injured. Couldn’t move. I waited until everyone was gone. And then tried to move. Only I wasn’t alone. The gunman told me if I lived I had to keep quiet or they’d come and kill my family.” His voice shook and his body wracked with tremors. She knew the signs well.
“I have to check your ribs. You’re running a fever and that is not good.”
“Doc,” Evan said. “Aren’t there others around here that can help him?”
“Yes,” she said without looking up. “Go find me one.” She shot Cooper a stern look. “But I assume people want to talk to him.”
“No, no,” Jamel cried. “No want to talk.”
Several of the other men surrounded them.
“Back up and give me room,” she ordered. “You can ask him questions, but I don’t want him doing more damage to his injuries.” She bent down and reached out to open his bandage, but he shook his hands at her. “No. No,” he cried. “They will take me away.”
“If they do,” she’s said, “I’ll be with you.”
He stared at her with hope. “You would help me?”
“I’m trying to help you now,” she said gently. “Sit still so I can look.”
He stilled long enough for her to unwrap the bandage. She sat back on her heels. This was what Ron had taken a bullet for. He’d been grazed. That was all. They hadn’t intended to kill him or even maim him. “Did you clean this out?”
He nodded. “My wife.”
Sasha sighed. “But you didn’t go to the clinic to get help, did you?”
“I was afraid. Everyone knew I had been taken
Similar Books
