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“Oh, no one will find it where I hid it.”
I can hear the smug smile in her voice. “Where did you hide it?”
“Are you sure you want to know?” This time, there’s almost a giggle.
I smile in the dark. “Well, now I’m dying to know. And if you don’t tell me, I’m going to torture you until you do.”
That gets a sharp intake of breath. “That’s tempting.” She waits a beat and then says, “I took a tampon out of the applicator, rolled up the list, put it in the applicator and then put it back in the box. Unless whoever’s trying to find Liam’s list is a woman, it’s safe forever.”
She never fails to make me laugh. It’s a trait I’m not used to in a woman, but one that I’m starting to think a man shouldn’t have to live without. “You’re probably right,” I admit, laughing. I press her head to my chest. “Go to sleep, my beautiful warrior princess.”
I stroke her hair, and she’s still. Several long minutes pass, and I’m convinced she’s fallen asleep when she says softly, “You don’t think it was an accident, do you?”
I don’t have to ask what she’s talking about. We both know. I shake my head. “I don’t know. Something about it seems a little off. No one around here has ever heard of Jake or his cave guide service. He should have known how dangerous that cave is, especially at high tide, yet he sent us into it anyway.” I rake my fingers through my hair. “I don’t believe in coincidences. There were guys with guns possibly shooting at you in Costa Rica, someone looking through your bag on the boat, and now this. I don’t know what’s going on, but someone wants something from you. I just can’t figure out if they want you dead or alive.”
