likes pretty woman and Jerry promised him a woman in exchange for a meeting. It’s the only way Carlton Messerman would meet them.”
Jake narrowed his eyes. “What! Promised a drug dealer Maggie! There’s no way, I thought Jesse was on our side! Jon, get me there, right now!”
“Calm down Jake. It’s not going to go down like that at all. Josh and Jesse have been in contact. The orders are for Maggie to stay in the car while Jerry goes on the yacht to make the deal. When it’s Jesse’s turn to bring her to the Yacht, he’s going to start a commotion so Maggie can get away. He says he has it under control. Jesse knows what he’s doing.”
Jake slammed his fist on the dashboard. “That’s a stupid plan! How can he put her in danger like that?”
“Not sure. But he promised us it would work. Said she’ll have time to run. He said Messerman is the man they want, along with Jerry. If they can get them both in the same place, with the drugs on the yacht, we’d be doing a service to mankind or something to that effect.”
“Service to mankind, bullshit! Not with Maggie!”
“I know Jake. I wouldn’t let Abby risk it either. I don’t think we have a choice here. It’s no one’s fault you and Maggie stumbled on this guy who owed money to drug dealers. It’s not even your fault that there was a sting operation going on. But we need to keep Maggie safe. You need to control your temper and keep calm. She’s going to need you when this is all over.”
Jake nodded. He ran his hand through his hair and sighed. “You’re right. We didn’t ask for this, did we?”
“No one did, but it is what it is and we are family, bro. We’ll get through this like we do everything else. I’ve brought our own back up in case the agency doesn’t have enough.”
Jake laughed out loud, pretty sure he knew his twin brother. “What backup, Jon?”
Jon nodded towards the rear of the car. “Lift up that blanket off the back seat, bro.”
Jake stretched his arm and pulled the plush blanket off to find a few hunting rifles on the seat. “We may need them if all else fails.” He grinned at his brother. They would let the agency do their job but the two brothers weren’t about to be helpless if all hell broke loose.
Now all they had to do was wait in the shadows until Maggie showed up with Jesse Storm.
Chapter 10
Maggie knew they were getting close. Jerk woke up out of his slumber and began to talk normal at last. Jesse and him exchanged words and from what she understood, they were meeting a very important person, the dealer, on his fancy yacht.
“When we get there, Jesse, you wait in the car with her. I’ll signal for you to bring her up. We’re not going to give her to him until he agrees to the deal.”
Maggie’s eyes widened. Jesse spoke with her earlier about this and never said a word about giving her to this guy on a yacht. What was going on here! “Give me to who?”
“Shut up. You sit there and stay out of our talks.” Jerry’s voice was pure evil, his nasty breath on the back of her neck. Her heart raced, she sensed danger. He was a mean and nasty individual when he wasn’t all messed up on pills. She preferred the other Jerry, the one who was in a daze and seemed helpless. The Jerk.
Now she realized why Jesse had sweat pouring down his cheek earlier. Jerk wasn’t a man to cross. All she wanted to do was get back to Jake. Her Jake, the man she loved and didn’t care if he never proposed. All she wanted was to feel his strong arms and to hold her and never let her go. She sighed with sadness. Maggie had to find a way to get free. She didn’t care about busting these guys, it wasn’t her problem. All she cared about was finding a way to be free. She couldn’t depend on anyone to get her out of this mess.
She would wait for the break to get away and then no one could harm her ever again. “I need to make a stop at
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