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Fucking hell.
He should have sent someone to the hotel. They’d all been focused on Robin to the exclusion of Jessica. That wasn’t smart. Not at all.
The others were spread out. Samuel had stuck close to Harper and Robin. Baruti and Logan had opted to return to Miami with the goal of keeping their eyes on Daar.
God, they’d fucked this up.
Robin nervously bounced her knees. She shifted every few minutes.
What a shit way for the morning to go.
He knew his time with her like this was growing short. Very soon something would happen and his true role would be revealed. He’d just wanted one day to themselves. One day for it to all be perfect. Was that too much to ask for?
Clearly it was.
“How much longer?” Robin asked.
“We’re almost there.”
Jessica had never checked out of the hotel. That was pretty damning news.
Why hadn’t they grabbed her, too?
Because Harper’s focus was Robin. There hadn’t been room for anyone else in his head.
“What are we going to do?” she asked.
He drew in a deep breath. He’d already explained it to her twice, but stress did funny things to people.
“I have some friends who should get there the same time we do. I want you to stay in the car while we go upstairs and check out Jessica’s room. When we know something, I’ll call you.”
Harper wasn’t expecting good news given his experience with other people Daar worked with.
The parking lot at the Hilton was mostly full, but he found a bit of pavement marked with emergency stripes. Most importantly it was close to the fence. Harper glimpsed the surveillance van pulling along the curb, which meant Samuel would be there to watch after Robin.
“Stay here, okay?” Harper said.
He couldn’t tell her that Samuel would be watching over her the whole time. That would only bring up uncomfortable questions when he needed her complete trust.
“Lock the door until I come back.” Harper reached across and dragged her to him for a kiss. “I won’t let anything happen to you or Jess, okay?”
Those were some big words he wasn’t sure he could carry through on, but he was damn well going to try.
Harper got out, locked the doors, then he turned his back on Robin. It was one of the toughest things he’d done in a long time leaving her like that. But he did it because she needed him to.
He jogged toward the front of the building.
Baruti and Logan were waiting for him in the breezeway in front of the hotel. They fell in behind him and together they went to the front desk. Jessica had thought to leave a key for Robin and with a little smooth talking Harper was able to get that same key.
None of them spoke until they were in the elevator heading up.
“How was last night?” Harper asked.
Logan glanced at Baruti. The bigger man sighed and rubbed a hand over his shortly trimmed hair.
“The Suleiman’s left in the middle of the night,” Baruti said.
“What?” Harper yelped. “You let that happen?”
