door unlocked and drive back here. Do you trust me?” Monique nodded and tried to hold back a sniffle. “Good,” he told her, putting another kiss on her lips. “Because I love you.” Rick slipped into the shadows, doing his best to keep from being seen by the men who were after them. Rick crept silently along the fence line until he reached the car. Rick checked to make sure it was still locked, and then gently opened the door. Too late he remembered the dome light as the car lit-up the back parking lot. He jumped inside and started the car as the sound of men shouting came from the front of the warehouse. The car raced to the back entrance where Monique was waiting for him. She leaped into the car and slammed the door shut as Rick floored the gas pedal and sent it racing through the parking lot. Two bullets popped through the rear window and Rick used his free hand to push Monique down into the car seat. The car roared out into the main street and flew away from the warehouse. He drove it through St. Petersburg until Rick was sure he wasn’t being followed. The current state of affairs wouldn’t last. Once the SVR found out he’d flown the nest, they would comb the city looking for him. He was on their turf and it wouldn’t be long until they had them both. This was why it was crucial they make the connection tomorrow with the director. In three hours he could make a phone call to the number given to him and find out if there had been any changes to the meeting he was supposed to have. Until then, they had to find another place to take it easy without attracting attention. “Your friend sold you out,” Monique finally spoke up. “What are you going to do now?” “Find us another place to hide,” he told her scanning the buildings near the river for a place to pull over. It was an hour later when Rick found what he was looking for. Near an embankment on the Neva River he spied twelve cars facing the direction where the sun would be rising. Since he knew why they were all there, he pulled into an empty space between two of them and killed the engine. Without saying a word he left the car and made it appear as if he was checking a tire in the rear of his car. Satisfied no one was watching, Rick ducked over the back of his car and removed the license plate. He went to adjoining car and made sure it had a St. Petersburg plate too, and then he removed it. Without alerting the inhabitants of the car next to him, he switched the plates. Finally, he climbed back in the car and waited. Monique had fallen back asleep when Rick pulled out of the parking space and took his car back out on the road. He checked his gas gauge and found he still had plenty of fuel to get him through until tomorrow. When he found another line of cars overlooking the river, Rick pulled into a space and waited. Once again he shut down the engine but this time he stayed in the car. Monique had woken again and was staring at the river and the dark sky. This far north, the sun would only emerge for a brief time and not be out long. It wasn’t quite the midnight sun, but it would get close. “Where are we?” she asked him. “At the submarine races,” he snickered. It took Monique a few moments to realize what he said before she leaned over and kissed him. “I haven’t been to those in a long time,” she told him. The windows were beginning to steam up, as were those on the other cars. Rick put his mouth to hers and began kissing Monique gently. He slid one had up her dress and found the silk panties underneath. With one hand he pulled them down to her ankles and left them on the floor of his car. While he was doing this, Monique was getting his belt unbuckled and his pants unzipped. She pulled them down to his knees and began stroking him. Rick leaned back and let her stroke some more, then he put one hand between her legs and matched her movements. She moaned and continued to jerk on him until she felt his desire begin to reach