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He sucked in a deep breath and dropped his hand to the stick shift, preparing to reverse.
Someone rapped against his window.
He paused, slowly moving his head around to peer in the direction of the sound. Instead of a face, Finn saw the length of a white envelope—the one he’d just given away—plastered to the glass.
“Wait, man!” Dark skin glistening, the kid croaked, “This is only half of what you promised.”
Finn sneered. His arm wrenched the stick shift and he tempered his foot on the gas pedal. The kid ran to the front of his car and crouched before the bumper. “We had a deal!”
Annoyed, Finn rolled his window down. “You’re lucky you’re getting anything at all.”
“This isn’t what we agreed.”
“You hurt her,” Finn snapped. “Pushing the girl wasn’t part of our agreement. Now take your pay and go before I change my mind and run you over.”
The man trembled and backed away, cursing a blue streak. His voice got louder and his threats more violent the farther he ran.
Coward.
Finn smacked his hand against the steering wheel, nostrils flaring. He shouldn’t have picked the first suspicious character that had walked by today. It was his fault for being rash.
He wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.
Jewel was a means to an end, but he had no plans of harming her. Until he determined where her loyalty was, he’d assume she was a victim. Just like Courtney. In the future, he’d be more careful.
Finn was done collecting regrets.
6
The moment Finn settled into his room at the guesthouse, his phone rang.
It was Nolan.
Again.
The man was more nagging than a wife.
Finn grabbed the phone and smacked it to his ear. “What?”
“You found her yet?”
“You’re the hacker. You should know.”
“I prefer the term information surveyor.” Exasperation rang from Nolan’s voice. “And stop dodging me. You promised to keep me up to date on this mission. That’s the only reason I gave you the tip.”
Finn sighed and tugged his boots off, setting it neatly under the bed. “I’ve been busy.”
“Doing what?”
Finn paused. “Observing.”
“You’re stalking her?”
“That’s another word for it.”
“Finn, I don’t have to tell you how creepy that is. You think Jewel will share anything with a guy who’s staring at her through windows and following her into dark alleys?”
“Windows are fair game and she doesn’t use alleys. She keeps to the main roads and rarely goes anywhere except work and home.”
