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Logan sighed to himself. He should have seen it sooner. Put the pieces together. He was trained in analyzing people’s behaviors. Why hadn’t he seen PTSD as a possibility? Was it because he had feelings for Alex? Although he had no intention of acting on them, he finally admitted to himself that he did. He was attracted to her. But to be honest, he wasn’t sure if his attraction was romantic or merely a desire to rescue her from herself. Damsel-in-distress syndrome.
They were almost there when Logan pulled into the small parking lot of a convenience store, not far from the entrance to the lake according to his GPS. They were almost out of gas. The guy who owned the car hadn’t mentioned he was low. Thankfully, Logan noticed it before they got too far into the woods surrounding the lake.
“I want to go inside to see if there’s a map of the area,” he told Monty. He took out his wallet and handed Monty his debit card. “Do you mind getting some gas? Just fill it up.”
Monty waved away Logan’s card. “Nah. Alex has put herself at risk to find a serial killer, and you’ve put your career on the line for the same reason. I should at least buy gas. That’s my contribution to your heroic efforts. Besides, if this blows up on us, I plan to blame it all on you.”
“Gee, thanks. Not sure they’ll believe that, though.”
Monty shrugged. “I intend to tell them you forced me into this car. I tried to get away, but you threatened to make me eat snails.”
Logan laughed. “I happen to like escargot.”
“You really are weird, man. You know that?”
“Yeah. I do. Thanks for the gas. I’ll be right back.”
As Logan carefully made his way across the slippery lot to the door of the small building, he couldn’t help but worry about fallout for his team. He wasn’t in charge; Alex was. But here he and Monty were, following her into a situation that could be dangerous. If they needed backup, would they be able to contact anyone? They might not have cell phone connection the deeper they went into the woods. Maybe Alex didn’t now. Were they all putting their lives at risk?
He didn’t know the answers to those questions, but he had no intention of leaving Alex out here alone. No matter what happened.
