Quinn (The Waite Family) by Kathi S. Barton Page B

protected. He would, however, love to see Cait dressed up as a nurse. That was one beautiful woman.
    “She wants her hubby dead and she thinks that Todd is just stupid enough to do it for her.” He looked over at the man who was sitting next to him and whispered, ‘television show’ before he continued with Alyssa. “I have to get off here now. The cell phone sign is flashing. I’ll be there soon.”
    “You’d better be. I’m sick of sitting here waiting. And this new bodyguard smells like dirty shoes.”
    Drew was laughing when he turned his phone to plane mode. By the time he landed, he’d had four messages from her. Alyssa had wanted to keep him updated and she had. The first message said that Todd had brought the woman to the clinic and was waiting in the lobby for her. Things were going well and that Cait had opted for a pants suit, not a dress. Drew was disappointed, but smiled. Her second message said that the woman wasn’t pregnant and had had her tubes tied so there was a very slim chance that she could ever be. Cain had had to leave the room to regain control of his temper at that and Alyssa was sure that he wanted to strangle the woman. The third message said that Todd had played his part well when he’d come into the office and that he’d acted the part of the stupid boyfriend perfectly. He had asked her why she’d lied and she had told him she didn’t know what he was talking about. The fourth message had been a little scary, but Cait had handled it well. The husband of the woman had shown up and he was waving a gun around.
    “I guess she’d done this sort of thing before and Todd was just the icing on the cake for him. He told her that he was leaving her and when Cait explained that Todd had come to them because his wife had wanted him to kill her husband, he’d fired at his wife. Cain said it wasn’t that bad, but he’s going to jail and is pressing charges against his wife. What a mess.”
    Drew agreed. When she came toward him all smiling, he had to laugh. There was a bodyguard on both sides of her and one he could see about three feet behind.
    “Are you running for president now? What’s with the bookends?” She growled at him again. “Ah baby, you know that he loves you.”
    “Yes, he does, but doesn’t mean I’m not going to shoot him.” She started to take his case and the man standing to her left took it from her. “You know, I’m quite capable of lifting…never mind. Let’s get you home, Drew.”
    As soon as they were in the limo Alyssa told him about Quinn. Or she hinted about her. Apparently, she’d never mentioned that he and she had slept together, nor had she mentioned that he’d raped her. He was still mad about that, but that was between Quinn and him.
    “She hired me someone to work the office. Clarence Keller. I like him even if he is a bit stiff. I mean, he does laugh, but he isn’t Quinn. She’s been putting together some killer ideas that are going to make my job easier.”
    He didn’t really care about that, but he asked anyway. “Like what? Dogs in the lobby, or do we now have an x-ray machine and body cavity search going on?”
    When Alyssa frowned at him he felt bad. He hadn’t meant to sound so snarky, but he knew that he had. He took her hand into his. “I’m sorry. Jet lag, I guess. Tell me what she’s been up to. I promise that—”
    The limo began to spin around and he was thrown against her. He had just enough time to look out the window and see the truck coming at them from the left. He covered Alyssa with his body just before impact and heard and felt it like he’d been right in front of it. When the car started to roll, Drew grabbed her and held on. Ass overhead , they went tumbling over and over until they came to an abrupt halt on their sides.
    He looked down at Alyssa when he was sure they weren’t going to roll over and saw the blood on her head. She was looking up at him, but didn’t speak. He was scared for her.
    “Are you all