Page 70 of Enthrall Secrets
We hurried over and shoved our backs against the wall. He removed the safety and raised the gun.
“Do you think he’s gone?” I whispered.
“Doubt it.”
“You know who it is?”
“Drug cartel.”
“The people who shot your wife?”
He gave a nod. “Sorry you got dragged into this.”
“Did you know they’d come back?”
“Thought it was a possibility.”
I looked at him aghast. “Do you think there’s more than one?”
“Hit men work alone.”
“Oh, no, Cameron’s on his way.”
An expression of grim determination flashed across Ethan’s face.
I grabbed his sleeve. “It’s too dangerous.”
“Stay here.” He unlocked the door quietly and slid out.
If I could get to my car I’d be able to call the police. Better still, Ethan had dropped his phone in the living room and if I could just get to it…
This was the worst day of my life.
No, the worst day was when I’d lost Danton.
Had he just been with me? Had that sense of peace I’d felt really been him comforting me? Even if it hadn’t been him, I knew Danton would want me to fight back.
I made a run for it, heading back down the hallway in the direction I’d come. There, near the bar on the floor, lay Ethan’s Smartphone. I knelt down and reached for it.
A pair of dirty running shoes suddenly appeared in front of me.
Raising my gaze, I looked into the barrel of a gun. The Latino man lifted me up and turned me around, hugging my back into his chest. The barrel of his gun met my temple and pressed into it painfully.
Terror gripped my throat like a vice. I could barely breathe.
Cameron’s face came into view, and my heart began pounding even more furiously when I realized the danger he was in.
“I’m unarmed.” Cameron raised his hands to prove it and threw me a reassuring smile.
God, this man was confronting a cold-blooded killer and acting like he was in control.
“Stay there,” the Latino man yelled.
Cameron’s expression remained calm. “I will. Tell me what you need. I’m a doctor.”
The man’s grip tightened around my throat, and I gasped.
“Ethan Neilson ran off.” Cameron held his hands higher. “We won’t tell anyone we saw you. Please let her go. She has nothing to do with any of this.”
