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“It’s your brother?” Remi’s voice shook with incredulity. “So, your longtime friend and mentor who saved your life lied to us, and Cole isn’t incarcerated at all?”

The man had assured them that Cole was out of the equation. “He could have escaped.”

Remi said nothing more. She had to be terrified. Furious.

He was all that and more. “Listen, Remi. We can go anywhere right now. Just say the word. I can take you somewhere and make sure that he never finds you.”

“You mean hide.”

“Until this is over, yes.”

“It’s not going to be over if I hide. Don’t you get it? We have to face him today.”

Yeah, unfortunately. He got it. But he didn’t like where this scenario was taking them. He didn’t have a good feeling about this. “You could die. Have you ever thought of that?”

“Every day.”

“Do me a favor and contact John. Use my SAT phone. His direct line is in there. Let him know that we’re being tailed. Ask him if his security detail is already in place at the lodge. I might need some help sooner than expected.”

Hawk increased speed and pushed the helicopter to its limits in this storm. Maybe the bird behind him couldn’t keep up.

Remi made the call. “It’s not going through.”

“Keep trying.”

“If I don’t get him,” she said, “I’ll leave a message.”

“You can text him too, and then try again.”

“Done texting. I’ll try calling again. But I don’t think I can take any more of this. I mean your flying is brilliant, but I need to put my feet on the ground. Oh, hey, you got a message from Gordo. He says he’s good. Police came and scared the men off.”

“That’s a relief.” He didn’t know what he’d do without his friend. “I think I lost our tail. I’m not landing at my house this time but closer to the lodge.”

“As long as you land, I don’t care where it is.”

“I’ve already scouted out a few additional spots.” He’d done that early on when he was thinking about the tour business.

“So, how far is this from the lodge? How do we get there? I’m guessing you don’t have a vehicle waiting, and I know you said you didn’t want to be stuck in the rainforest during the storm again.”

“I said that, yeah. It’s not far, but we might have to fight the storm in the woods.”

“Oh, I got something. I’m leaving a voicemail.” She left a few details. “The call dropped before I finished.”

“I’m sure it was enough.” Chances were that he and Remi would be at the lodge before John’s security people. They probably drove.

“Why do I feel like we’re just going in circles,” she said. “That we aren’t getting anywhere?”

“Do you mean that metaphorically or literally?”

She laughed. Actually laughed. In the middle of this horrible flight.

Remi Grant might be the woman of his dreams, and he had never let himself envision a happily-ever-after future. But if he was going to dream—Remi was the one.

“I mean literally.”

“Good, because I assure you, we aren’t flying in circles.” Not quite.

The wind buffeted the helicopter more than he liked, but he focused and maneuvered and worked with this beautiful bird. Man, he wished he could afford one for himself. “Metaphorically speaking, we’re definitely getting somewhere. We know much more than we did the last time we fought the storm in these same woods.”

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