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I didn’t give him time to react. I swam toward the rocks, my strong, sure strokes sending me sailing across the surface of the water. I had to get away from him. I didn’t know why, but he wanted me dead.
As soon as I got to the rocks, I unzipped my BCD, and pulled off my fins. I let them go. I couldn’t keep hold of them and save my life. Scrambling up onto the rock, I looked over my shoulder. Eric was coming after me.
Shit.
I started to climb, hoping to lose him amongst the jagged plains of the rock.
CHAPTER12
Trip
“What?” I snapped into my phone as I answered it on the second ring.
I was in a shitty mood and knew it. We’d been chasing Eric around this city for a month and though I was glad to have had more time with Marina, I wanted this guy gone.
“Trip. Eric just used his credit card.”
“Where?” I asked, putting the phone on speaker so Drew could hear him. I wasn’t sure why he’d do that because he had to know we’d find him when he did.
We’d just pulled into the club parking lot after another dead end with Eric. I swiped a hand through my hair as we listened to Rat.
“SeaScape Enterprises.”
The name made me freeze. A rushing in my ears made me miss what Rat said next. Shaking my head, I forced myself to focus. “What the fuck was he doing there?” I barked at the phone.
Drew gave me a confused look and Rat’s silence meant he was probably doing the same to the phone.
“Shit. Sorry, Rat, it’s just…that’s where Marina works.”
“Fuck,” Drew muttered and shifted on the seat of his bike.
“Who’s Marina?”
I ignored Rat’s question. There’d been more than once over the last month that I’d dropped her off—and picked her up—at the dive shop. “We have to go,” I told him and cut the connection.
Without another word, I started my bike and hightailed it out of the parking lot, knowing Drew would be on my ass. My heart thundered as we zipped in and out of traffic. We made good time, though it felt like it’d taken forever before we pulled into SeaScape’s parking lot.
I’d barely nudged the kickstand down before I was off my motorcycle and running into the shop. A man looked up, a concerned look on his face, when I flung the door open.
“Where did Marina go diving today?” I barked at him.
Drew came in behind me, glaring at the man behind the counter.
The guy blinked at us in confusion. “Excuse me?”
Anger flared, but I tried to contain it. “Where did Marina go diving?”
“I’m sorry, Sir, but I can’t-”
My control snapped. Stepping forward I grabbed a wad of the man’s shirt and hauled him halfway onto his counter so I could get into his face. “She’s in fucking trouble and if you don’t get me out to her now, I’ll fucking kill you.”
His eyes widened, mouth dropping open in shock, as he absorbed my words. “What kind of trouble?”
“Did this guy come in here today?” Drew asked as I dropped the shop owner back behind the counter. At least one of us was contained.
He smoothed out his shirt, but obediently looked down at the picture on Drew’s cellphone. “Yeah.” He tapped on his computer. “He was with our tour today. It just left a few minutes ago.”
“Do you have another boat?” I asked, gritting my teeth. This guy was wasting time.
