She nodded.
He heard footsteps and pushed up against her more tightly, making sure he was between her and the guys he’d seen carrying weapons at their waists a few minutes ago.
She pulled at his hand.He let her mouth go, and she immediately began wiggling around, shifting her small body until they were front to front.
Perfect—if ignoring the sexy back curves of this beautiful woman wasn’t hard enough, now he had to ignore sexy front curves also.
He brought his finger up to his lips, and she nodded once more.He tucked her more firmly up into the doorway corner, drawing his own weapon from its holster.
It wasn’t the best odds against three armed men, but it was better than nothing.
“Where is she?”one voice said from about ten feet away now.If the men shifted much closer, they would practically fall over him and Bree.
“She didn’t come down my way.We had both exits covered,” another voice said.“Did you see her inside?”
Bree stiffened as the third man responded.“I just got in there, since we were given the wrong info.I had to take care of the priest so he didn’t wander out and see anything.”
“Dead?”
“No.Seemed unnecessary.Unconscious.Weathers was talking to someone, but I didn’t get there in time to see who.”
All three men got quiet as a phone rang.
“Hello, Mr.Jeter,” guy number one said.
Bree began breathing rapidly and was all but trembling in Tanner’s arms now.What the hell was going on?
“We followed Ms.Weathers to a church in Denver.It looks like she was talking to someone, but we’re not sure who.”
Tension continued to rocket through Bree’s slender body as the person on the other end spoke.
“No, sir,” the first man finally replied.“No positive ID or pictures.We’re working on that now.”
Another pause.
“No, I don’t think coming here yourself is a good option.”
The trembling in Bree’s limbs became more pronounced.
“By the time you got here, the scene would be cold.Let us continue to search.It might have been a random stranger.Ms.Weathers has been known to stop and talk to people since the accident.”He paused.
“Yes, sir.We’ll keep looking and keep you posted.”He obviously disconnected the call.“If we don’t want the boss here trying to do our job for us and handing us our asses, let’s find out who Weathers was talking to.”
“Maybe she’s still in the church.Whoever it was couldn’t have gotten far,” the third voice said.
The men’s voices began to fade as they walked back toward the church door.
“The third one was inside the church,” Bree whispered.“He was on the phone, talking about communion.He walked not five feet away from me.”
“And if he had found you?”Tanner whispered in her ear.
She didn’t say anything.Had he really expected her to?At least she wasn’t shaking anymore.
He was going to have answers, but first they needed to get out of here.
A few moments later, he stepped back from her and took her hand, and they moved quickly together down the alley.As soon as they were at an open corner, relatively safe since people were around everywhere, he grabbed his phone.
“I’ve got to call this in.”
