Chapter 131

We'll see about that indeed. Ruth watched Kendrick stalk off and whip out a satellite phone. Darn it all. Did everyone have one but her? Although, who would she call? Carlie wasn't anywhere near a phone and she didn't need to listen to her mother's sobs.

A heavy sigh escaped her as she sat down on a rock. "What's he doing?" Ruth asked Fernando who stuck close by.

"Calling our boss, who will tell him the same thing he told Liam, that you're going. So don't worry your pretty little head."

"Only would a gang of giants think to call me little," she muttered. Seeing Kendrick stalk back, a not so happy expression on his face, she braced herself for his ire. "You can't kill me. There're witnesses." Her quip fell flat.

"I don't suppose you've changed your mind?"

She shook her head.

"Stubborn wench! Of all the stupid, ill thought, dangerous-"

"But necessary," she interjected.

"Did you hear the stupid part?" he yelled.