A Price on Freedom
dear, you must be exhausted. Let me show you to a guest room where you can rest." She place
boring into my back. She saw me as a threat, an intruder. That
y mind, Chloe's mind, raced, processing the last few hours. I had escaped David's trap and landed in the fortress of the Stone family. Bu
wledge from the future. The marriage of convenience I had proposed in my head was no longer a vague idea, it was a necessity. It was the
he tech genius. I was Emily Hayes, the country girl. I had to play this part perfectly. I had t
Alex. He stood in the doorway, his uniform impeccable, his fa
ned about you," he s
I replied, keepin
, his eyes analytical, searchin
you expect
dmitted. "Or someone more obviousl
ng, you learn to be calm. Hysterics don't put food on the tab
uating. He was a man who dealt in facts and evidence, and the facts in front of
mal affair in a dining room that could have seated thirty. Clara and M
said, pouring me a cup of coffee
you, Mrs. St
in town that the 'difficult night' was because she was caught
the wings of gossip by people like Sarah Jenkins. He
eanor asked, her kind fa
eyes. "David and I had an argument. He... he has a temper. I was frightened, so I went to the hotel to be
to be there?" Clara interjected
alked into the room, drawing everyone's attention. "Miss Hayes was in the wrong place at the wrong t
acknowledgment. "My investigation confirmed that David Clark has connections to individuals we are moni
hat does that mean?" I allowed
s you've brought troubl
no longer safe on your own. David Clark will not let this go. He will
ing to her mouth. "Oh, my. A
de with calculated fear. "Then I don't know what to do.
nor. He had inadvertently dragged me into his world, and his code woul
my mind was sharp and clear. The pieces were moving into place. He thought he was
ody. Just send her away with some money. Why is she our problem?" He glared at me, his face a mask of petu
hering. "This is not
pawn on a board I was just beginning to understand. But I wasn't just a pawn