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Their impromptu chauffer saw them to the very front doors of the resort and helped them unload.
“How long?” Robin asked the moment they were alone again.
“Ah, a few minutes?”
Without another word she opened her suitcase and found a pair of sandals. He didn’t miss her furtive glances, checking the doors and corners.
She was afraid. Terrified.
He wanted nothing more than to go back there and beat the shit out of Daar. It had taken monumental effort on Harper’s part to stay the course. Besides, if he’d done that Robin might be in more danger than she was already.
She edged closer to him and peered up. Her eyes were puffy and he could see a bit of swelling at her cheekbone.
At some point, Harper was going to pay Daar back for this. He swore that to himself then and there.
“Can I go to the bathroom, you think?” she asked.
He stroked his hand up and down her arm. “Yeah. The car should be here any minute. We’ll be waiting.”
She nodded and stared at his chest. “Okay. Thanks.”
Fucking Daar.
Harper balled his hands into fists and visualized the satisfying crunch of breaking the man’s nose. Or his jaw. Maybe his neck, though that was going a bit far. They would need him after all.
That necklace might very well have saved Robin’s life. He’d have to thank Baruti for thinking of that. Without the warning from Samuel, Harper wouldn’t have headed back to the villa for quite some time. Robin would have been at Daar’s mercy, and Harper didn’t think the man had much of that to spare.
He lifted his phone to his ear and listened to it ring.
“You got her, good.” Samuel heaved a sigh. “How’s she doing?”
“Shaken. Badly. We need a car.”
“Logan’s on it. You’ll have a reservation for pick-up soon. Are you really headed out to the Keys?”
Harper glanced over his shoulder. “I’ve got a place there. Some buddies left a couple days ago, so the cleaning service has been through. It’s what I’ve got. Any other suggestions? I’m open, but you know this was always in the works.”
“Should be fine. It’s untraceable to your real name. Fuck. Is your name on the mailbox or anything?”
“No. I don’t do that shit.”
“Good. We’ll pack up and head after you. We’ll probably lose the bug. The transmitter doesn’t give us much distance to play with, but we’ll catch up. I’m just out of range now, so keep an eye on her.”
“Copy that. Taxi is here. Later.”
Harper was tossing the last bag in by the time Robin returned. She’d washed her face and pulled her hair up. They quickly loaded themselves in and were gone. There wasn’t any conversation beyond some casual chit-chat with the driver on their way to the rental car company.
He was growing uneasy with the prolonged silence between them by the time they loaded into the rented SUV.
They loaded up and got on the road with still little more than a few words spoken, almost all by him.
Robin’s silence was concerning.
“You know you can talk to me?” Harper said as they headed further away from Miami.
Robin turned and stared out of the passenger window.
Had he broken her trust? Was she too afraid? Were Daar’s parting words a threat?
