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Alex spoke again "Why did you bother? We wouldn't have knoe san there in the valley if you hadn't captured us We thought you were after the wild horses they told us about in Tucson" He glanced at Carmen "That was the exact valley Mrs Anderson at the Chamber of Commerce told us about, wasn't it?"

Car he probably wanted his father to know she ith him, she spoke "I think so She said take Milford road out to the first dirt road on the right and follow it for four lanced around the weathered shack "This old shack doesn't look like a house I wonder what it's doing out here in the uard "Why did you force us to walk here if you planned to leave us in the desert?"

He frowned at her "You will be taken far from here when the others arrive For now you will be quiet"

When the guard turned back to the , Alex returned the phone to his pocket Hopefully his father could hear the conversation He always seeuard's words had alerted him that some people in authority could not be trusted Granted, Señor Medena was in Texas, hundreds of miles away, but distance and even snow stor to their rescue in Arkansas when Destiny was sick Hopefully he had enough information to do so now

Alex shifted and the phone fell out of his pocket onto the floor with a thuate There was nothing Alex could do If he tried to put it back in his pocket, the guard would discover his hands were no longer tied

"What is that?" the guard asked as he stepped over to Alex He pushed the gun against Alex's neck and leaned over to pick up the phone He grinned as he turned away and walked back to thepunching buttons

It was doubtful he could get on the internet froht keep him too busy to notice when and where the last call had been made

Carmen placed her aroing to be left in the desert, it would be smart to rest while they could Of course, it was impossible to sleep, and eventually her eyes popped open The first thing she saas Alex's boots

He had worn the same style since she met him - brown stirrup boots with square toes Did the boots have a masculine look or did they only seeo jeans hugged his lean frame and the tan western shirt contrasted attractively with his bronzed skin He was still as handso His father was that way Alex's dark broere perched over a chocolate gaze in a perplexed expression