Chapter 302

CARSON DIDN'T LIKE BEING in the open like this. She wanted her family to get here so someone could whisk them away to safety. So she could beg for forgiveness. Anything was better than sitting here doing nothing.

An SUV so dark blue it looked black pulled into the parking lot next to the coffee stand.

She froze, staring at the vehicle.

Her stomach knotted up.

Carson knew that SUV.

"About damn time," Ryan muttered.

She gripped him tighter and opened her mouth, but couldn't make words come out.

That wasn't the police.

Agent Walker got out of the driver's seat, his partner no doubt remaining behind and out of sight. He fastened the top button of his jacket before ambling toward them.

Where was her sister? What about their parents?

She could feel the security of Ryan's plan slipping away from her.

Agent Walker wasn't going to give up his goals without a fight.

"Miss Adair, I was hoping we wouldn't meet like this." He came to a stop at the other side of their circular table.