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“I told you Kraig was underestimating her,” Poppa Bear retorted, obviously becoming irritated. “I even told Kraig and he wouldn’t listen to me. ”
“Stupid bastard,” Kai cursed again. “I should have called one of the men in from Illinois. They wouldn’t have put up with her shit. ”
“Yeah, us Southern boys just seem to have trouble believin’ our womenfolk are as smart as we are. ” Poppa guffawed. “It ends up gettin’ most of us hurt. Boys like Kraig end up gettin’ killed. ”
Poppa Bear looked back at her, winked again, this time without the smile, but with a warning look instead before turning back to Kai.
“Give ’em a call, Kai,” Poppa Bear told him patiently. “Make the call to Ray, he has a cooler head. Those boys just blow up and lose their senses when they get pissed. ”
“Now don’t it just break my heart that they’re gonna get pissed,” Kai sneered. “See if you can find that location scrambler for me. ”
“Hell, I told you to keep it with you, Kai,” Poppa Bear growled in irritation. “Hang on. ”
Straightening from his chair Poppa Bear moved down the hall to the back bedroom. Watching him, Eve saw him going through the blankets on the bed before turning into the bathroom. Empty-handed, he moved back into the bedroom, started going through some bags then moments later gave a muffled “Aha. ”
Stepping back into the hall, he paused.
Pushing a small metal key quickly into her hand, he whispered so low she barely heard him. “Wait for the sign. Unlock. Go over back into water. Hear me?”
She nodded quickly.
Rising, he took a quick step away from her as she felt the c
ool light weight of the key in her curled fingers.
“I got our location scrambler,” Poppa Bear announced as he moved back into the kitchen. “Is there anything else you need, young’un?”
Kai laughed fondly as he stepped to the other man and took the device.
“Two hours,” Kai remarked. “That should be plenty of time for them to get everyone together. ”
“Definitely,” Poppa Bear agreed. “Make sure old Dawg has plenty of help loadin’ all that purty gold. ”
Eve watched as Kai plugged his phone into it then quickly made his call.
Location scrambler?
She knew it was possible to track cell phones, but strangely enough no one had taken her cell phone from her bag, nor had they turned it off. It was lying at the bottom of the bunk bed, and she prayed it was providing a beacon to the houseboat.
As she watched, Kai moved past Poppa Bear toward her as the phone rang.
“Hello,” Grandpa Ray answered the phone carefully.
“Ray Mackay?” Kai asked.
“It is. ”
“Your niece Eve wants to say hello,” he spoke into the speaker phone. “Here she is. ”
“Grandpa? I’m fine,” she told him, avoiding Kai’s cruel, hazel eyes. “Tell Brogan not to worry. ”
Kai pulled the phone back.
“Ray, if you ever want to see Eve alive again, then listen up. And tell your boys they better follow my directions exactly. ” He chuckled then. “And tell Brogan to worry. ’Cause if they don’t hurry, then I’m going to have a little personal party with Ms. Mackay here. I’ll show her how a real man fucks. ”
He smiled down at Eve in leering lust before turning and pacing back to the front of the boat before he began conveying his “orders” to Ray.
As Kai spoke, Poppa Bear moved back to the hall, turned, and mouthed “Now. ”
