“It’s a scratch, I’m fine.”She waved off.She felt the sting now, but it wasn’t all that bad.It could have been worse like Carver.
“You seem to know best.”The man chuckled, referencing her handling of the sharks.
“Edy te o him bes?”Burt asked as they headed back to his boat.
“I can’t.I have to do something first.”
“Bes,” he said in a pleading tone.
“Miles is involved.Once he learns about what happened, he can destroy all the evidence.I have to get to the hotel and get it before he does.”
“Didn o aledy fin id?”
“I did, but it’s digital; he could erase it.I’m sure there are physical backups.”A smart businessman always made backups.
“Yo kin go der.He ha gerds.”
“I happen to know he is on the west side of the island right now, leaving the hotel vacant.Now is the perfect time.”
“Alrid.”He nodded.“Bu I goin whi u.”
Mac wanted to argue but knew having backup had proven invaluable tonight.She wasn’t much of a fighter, but Burt seemed to be.
“Alright, let’s go.”
Chapter 39
Mac parked on the side of the road near where Barry had when they’d broken the window.Following his directions, she stayed in the brush and walked up to the building.Burt stayed close behind her, following her instructions.They stopped next to a truck when they could see the entrance.There were two guards outside the doors.
“I distra m.Yo ged in.”
“Burt, they have guns, and you have a baseball bat.You’ll never get past them.”They needed a better plan.
A coconut fell next to Mac as a gentle breeze swayed the tree above them.Mac looked down at it, and an idea came to mind.
She picked up the coconut and another that had landed next to it.“Follow me,” she whispered and broke through the brush, staying low as she crept toward the side of the building.
They eased along the wall until the entrance was right next to them.The awning with pillars blocked the guards’ view of them, but she could hear them talking softly.Mac took one of the coconuts and flung it toward one of the machines parked in front of the hotel.It struck the side of it with a loud bang.
The guards stopped talking, and she heard the sound of their guns being drawn.Mac nodded to Burt, and they came outside the awning and looked in the direction of the vehicle she had struck.
Mac came up behind one of the guards and bashed him in the back of the head with the coconut.Burt swung his bat and cracked the other guard, knocking them both out.Burt collected their guns as Mac grabbed one of their access cards.
She slid the key card through the slot, and the front doors clicked, signaling they were unlocked.She held the doors open as Burt dragged the guards inside.“We can’t just leave them like this.Do you have any rope?”
“No og meh.”He shook his head.
Maybe the guards had something.She felt around their pockets and found a set of handcuffs.Burt searched the other guard and found a pair as well.They cuffed their hands behind their backs and pushed them into a closet.
“Miles’s office is on the eighth floor.”She remembered Barry saying that the night before.
They ran to the elevator and rode it up.“He.”Burt held one of the guns he had taken from the guards out to her.
“Oh no, I don’t do guns.You can take them, and I’ll take the bat.”Not that they should need either.
Burt shrugged as if it didn’t make a difference to him and handed over the bat.The elevator pinged, and they both stood away from the door and peeked out.The hall was empty.
They walked swiftly down the hall, Mac’s eyes constantly scanning around her, waiting for someone to jump out from one of the rooms to stop them, but no one came.At the end of the hall, Mac swiped the keycard, saw the green light, and heard the click.She pushed open the door and let herself in but froze when she saw Miles sitting behind his desk.
