Page 43 of Spring Break With a Baby Daddy
“Yes. I know a guy. If you get us to Florida without a problem, I can get us out of the country.”
Fuck. I shouldn’t be surprised. I knew she had her fingers in some shady shit; it’s how she was able to get on the inside of a drug dealer’s network and discover Felicity was making a run for it, how she thwarted the woman’s attempts to use Van as a bargaining chip against Vail.
“Last resort.”
Her words don’t slow my heart rate. It’s pounding out of control in my chest, and sweat coats my palms, the back of my neck. “Vivi.”
She waits for me to continue but for the life of me, I can’t form words.
Shaking my head, I lean over and whisper in her ear. “Are you safe? I need you to be safe.”
Our gazes lock and I see the change in her eyes when she realizes what I’m trying to say. “Always. The only time I haven’t been is when the shit hit the fan with Van and I had to rush to the house, but even then, no one knew where I was outside of Luna’s friend. They couldn’t find me.”
“But you went to the house.”
“I’d been there before. A number of times. They had no idea I was the person leaking information.”
“Really?”
“Really. I told you I have systems in place. I meant it. I would never put myself or anyone else in danger, and to do that I have to remain separate.”
“One of these days you will explain what you do and how you do it.”
“Most of it will go over your head.”
I laugh. “No doubt. I still want to know.”
“Fine. But my offer stands.”
“We won’t need it.”
“Plan Z.”
“Quade did some research and if we can get hold of Lisa, we can make it look as though this adoption has been in the works for a few months.”
“A private adoption.”
“Yes. We just have to see what this lawyer has to say.”
“Then why are we still here?”
The urge to roll my eyes like a teenager hits me. If she hadn’t stopped me to make her clandestine offer we’d be in the cars by now. “C’mon, everyone is waiting on us.”
“What will you do with this apartment now?”
We’ve packed up all our things and the driver took everything downstairs to a car that is at this moment heading to the airport and the plane Vail has ready for us to head back to Love Beach.
“We’ll worry about it later.”
“Maybe you could offer it to a local organization that helps abuse victims.”
I can see her brain turning. She’s always thinking, and a lot of the time it’s about people less fortunate than her. “You want to look into that for us?”
“Me?”
“Yes, why not you? You have connection we don’t.”
“I could do that.”
