"What?"
"You said you can call your boss. Call him. Let me talk to him."
Kendall smirked. "You're trying to buy time." He nodded. "It's not a bad idea, but I don't think it will work."
"Let me worry about that," Jason said. "Call him."
Knox's phone vibrated. "Wait. Allie's texting. She found him. She's positive." He looked at Jason.
Jason nodded. "We'll go check it out." He gave Knox a pointed look, as his hand moved closer to his weapon. "But Kendall stays here," he said.
Knox understood. At the same moment, Knox and Jason withdrew their weapons and aimed them at Kendall.
"What is this?" asked Kendall.
Jason fished a pair of handcuffs out of his back pocket and tossed them to Kendall. "Put these on," Jason ordered.
"Are you insane?" Kendall yelled.
Jason kept his tone low and measured. "You lost control of your man. So, we're changing the rules."
Kendall looked like he wanted to argue, but the focus of both men's weapons kept his argument to a few muttered curses.
Knox watched Jason glance around the room. "What's wrong?"
"I want to cuff him to something, but I don't see—"
"Hang on," Knox said. "I have an idea." He waved his gun at Kendall. "This way."
Knox and Jason marched Kendall out of the office and to the right, into a stairwell.
"This will work," Knox said. He cuffed Kendall to the metal railing on the stairs.
Knox checked his phone again. "Oh no," he said.
"What's wrong?" asked Jason.
"We need to get to the bungalows on the east side. Allie's on her way over there."
"What? You should have told her to stay in Room 336."
"I did. That's what I texted her when we were standing in the office. She said he was moving, and she needed to get there. We need to go."
Worry tightened his chest and quickened his sprint out of the main building and across the east parking area, Jason on his heels. When they neared the bungalows, they slowed to a jog, searching for Allie.
The explosions had hijacked the serene vibe of the beach resort. People ran, cars honked, and ambulance sirens wailed. The weather even seemed to take its cue from the chaos, throwing blustering wind gusts into the fray.
They found Allie peering toward the bungalows from behind a cluster of palm trees. "Hey," Knox said with a wave, trying to snag her attention through the wind and sirens as they approached. "Where is he?"
He tried to hide how relieved he was to see her. In one piece.
Chapter 19
"He's in the second bungalow." Allie pointed to the bungalow the bomber ran into moments before. "The one with the teal door."
"Why didn't you stay put?" Knox asked, his voice clipped. "You were supposed to text us and let us go after him."
She bristled at the sharpness in his tone and snapped her head to face him. "I was about to lose sight of him on the cameras. I didn't know he was going to stop here. If he had gone any farther, we would've lost him. I wasn't going to let him get away."
