Yapp’s mouth slackened. “I forgot all about that. I obviously didn’t count on you getting control of the drone. Who all knows about this?”
“All of us, but who you really need to worry about is the sheriff. He knows all about you, and is getting ready to arrest you.” She exaggerated, but she hoped she put fear in him so he would take off and leave them behind.
“Then we best be going. Stand up.”
Kinsley raised her shoulders. “You’ll get away faster without us.”
“Maybe that’s true, but I might get dead before that.” He pointed at the diamonds. “Pack those up now! Or I start shooting.”
She took her sweet time of gathering them together hoping someone would come to their aid. But no one came before she gathered all of them into the pouch and tied it tightly. She left it on the bed and walked to the other side of the room as he directed.
He tugged Jada to her feet and dragged her to the diamonds. “Put them in my cargo pocket.”
She glanced at Kinsley, looking like she wanted to do something to escape. Kinsley shook her head, and Jada frowned, but grabbed the diamonds, then shoved them in his pocket. He pushed her to sit on the bed, keeping the gun at her head.
He looked up at Kinsley. “Come sit by your friend.”
Kinsley gladly took a seat near her and grasped her hands.
“No time for handholding.” He swiftly shifted the gun from Jada to Kinsley. “You’ll be coming with me so I can make sure we get out of here without taking fire from any bodyguard.”
Kinsley didn’t want to go with him. She didn’t want to go with him at all. But she’d much rather he took her as his hostage than Jada. She would rather give up her life than see her friend killed. Unfortunately, it might come to that, and she needed to prepare to die.
