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An hour later, they walked in the door.
“Camila,” Ely said. “What are you doing here?”
“Waiting on you. We need to talk,” she said.
They both frowned and glanced at one another. “After we talk, I’ll leave,” she replied, her heart crashing.
“I smell food,” Jordan said.
“I bought Mexican food at your favorite restaurant,” she said. “But, first, we talk.”
They both sat down across from her on the couch.
“I know you’re mad at me because I lied to you and said I was going to San Antonio. But my brother had told me about Jim having an airstrip on his ranch. You didn’t know about it and you were suspected of being part of the group that was abducting the children. As a marshal, I couldn’t take a chance on trusting you with the information. So I went to the FAA and learned there were multiple trips from his ranch to Mexico. Many times, three people would leave and only two returned. I grew suspicious.”
She could see that they were still not happy with her response.
“If I had told you that I was going to search his ranch, what would you have done?”
“Tried to stop you,” Ely said.
“Told you to wait and let us go with you,” Jordan replied. “If we had been with you, you would not have gotten into trouble.”
Part of what he said was true. But she wanted to go in undercover and not have two lawmen who didn’t know much about covert operations trailing along.
“At the very least, you should have told us where you were going,” Jordan said. “That’s what makes me the angriest at you.”
Licking her lips, she had to make them understand.
“I’m developing feelings for both of you. The way you live is intriguing. But if you had been with me, I would have been watching to make certain you were safe. I would have feared that you would get hurt. Plus, I was still uncertain about you not being somehow involved. Until I was certain you were not helping Jim White, I couldn’t trust you or tell you where I was going.”
Ely sighed. “Damn it to hell, woman. Don’t you know we’re developing feelings for you as well? And to see you lying there unconscious terrified me. You’ve got to stop.”
A smile spread across her face. “Ely, I love you, and I’m going to do my best to come home to you every time I take on a case. Never doubt that if I don’t come, it wasn’t because I didn’t want to. But I have to keep doing what I love. Saving children from the monsters.”
The man sighed, shook his head, and glanced away. She saw him wipe tears from his eyes.
Jordan, on the other hand, was more reserved.
“We can’t convince you to come to work for us? To be our partner here in Blessing?”
“No,” she said, knowing she would always regret not saving more children. “This is what I trained to do. When I was a child, the kidnapper took my friend instead of me and I feel like my duty and destiny is to save as many children as possible. I’m going to do this as long as I can.”
Jordan shook his head. “You can’t save them all.”
“No, I can’t, but I plan on making it as difficult as possible, for as long as possible, for people who do this,” she said.
Rising from the couch, Jordan approached her and pulled her to her feet. “Damn it, woman, I love you and seeing you passed out there in that cellar made me furious at you and the men who had done this to you. What if we hadn’t found you? What if you were sent to Mexico? What if we’re not with you when you get into trouble next time.”
She’d thought of that as well. “If I’d been sent to Mexico, I’d be their worst nightmare. They would have to kill me to keep me from damaging as many of them as possible. Do you understand?”
“Yes, and though I don’t like it, I know why you’re doing this. I love you with all my heart and you just about killed me the other day. I thought I was going to die right there beside you.”
He pulled her to him, his lips covering hers expressing his need and she welcomed his kiss. This man loved her and she loved him and Ely, and she wanted to make them so very happy.
Ely wrapped his arms around the backside of her. “Damn it, Camila. I love you and to hell with food. It’s time to take you to bed and celebrate the time we have together.”
Their lips came apart and she gazed into Jordan’s eyes. “I’m wearing the last butt plug you put in.”
