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“You don’t know anything,” Keir said, but without much conviction

“But you do, don’t you? You knohere the boy is”

“Pack up, Baron, and get out”

“O’Connell Listen toher everylike she did when she left me, he’ll know she’s on to hiht to the kid and once she does… Daonna just stand there and let him beat her senseless, then snatch her and the kid?”

Gray glared at Keir Keir glared back Was Baron lying, or was he telling the truth?

“At the very least, you’ve got to know I’ to her son”

She would Keir knew that much

“And if I’ her…” Gray took a step forward “Here’s the deal You knohere the boy is Take me there with you You have security people? Let the And if I make one false move e find Dawn, tell your men to do whatever it takes to stop ive my life for her And if I lose her because you’d rather stand here than coht after I beat her son of a bitch husband to death with my bare hands Do you understand?”

The threat didn’t work The fear in Gray’s eyes did Keir grabbed for the phone and jabbed a button No, Daasn’t at her desk In fact, Becky said, she’d been trying to find Keir to ask hih the lobby and the guard at the employee’s entrance said she’d driven out of the lot like a bat out of hell And oh yes, Mr Coyle had left a crypticabout a faxed photo of a man who had been identified on a security tape by a cocktail waitress…

Keir slao Take the fire stairs It’s faster”

They pounded down the steps Keir grabbed his cell phone as they ran through the lobby “Dan? I’ Horse Ranch Take a couple of your men and follow me”

Seconds later, the little entourage was on the road Keir shot Gray a look filled arning “If this is all bull and you’re working with Kitteridge, I promise you, Baron, your life won’t be worth a damn”

“It won’t be worth a damn without Dawn,” Gray said softly, and then he stared out theas the empty desert flashed by, and prayed that they’d reach her in time

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CARS Cars everywhere And trucks and people, all of the and paying no attention to traffic because they were on vacation and she was going to go crazy if everything and everybody didn’t get out of her way Get out, get out, get—