Page 114 of Last Chance
“The card I gave you has my number on it,” Sawyer said. “Janie will be with me.”
“You didn’t waste any time, Janie.” Maria’s smile was mocking. “You’ve already moved in with Sawyer. David must not know. Now, I have to wonder what else you’ve been hiding from him and me.”
“Nothing important.”
“You haven’t told me about the hijacking. Your experience must have been terrible.”
Sawyer squeezed Janie’s hand again in silent warning. She glanced at him. “Maria wants to be alone, sweetheart. She’s exhausted after traveling from Chile. We should let her rest.”
“Of course.” Janie turned to Maria. “Please call if I can help you or David.”
After signaling Chris to follow them, Sawyer led Janie toward the elevator.
“Wait.”
They paused, looking over their shoulders at Maria and her entourage.
“Are you angry with me, Janie?”
“We’re family.”
They walked onto the elevator, rode to the lobby, and left the building.
In the parking lot, Chris said, “I’m sorry, Sawyer. I’d hoped to be of more help to you and Janie.”
“There is something you can do.”
“Anything. Just name it.”
“Would you mind going to a different waiting room and watching the video feed?”
The bodyguard shook his head. “Of course not. If David needs protection, I’ll have to bulldoze over Mrs. Moran’s bodyguards to get to him. I’ll enter the hospital from another door and make my way to the family waiting room on the opposite end of David’s floor. I doubt the Chilean visitors will explore the entire floor.”
Sawyer shook Chris’s hand. “Thanks, buddy. We appreciate the help.”
As Jesse dropped back to cover them, Sawyer tucked Janie under his shoulder and Chris went to his own vehicle to move it to a different location, then reenter the hospital unobserved to watch over David.
When they reached his SUV, Sawyer unlocked the vehicle and helped Janie inside as the rest of his teammates approached. “Are you all right, sweetheart?” Sawyer murmured as he trailed the backs of his fingers down her cheek in a light motion.
“I feel like I’m abandoning David. I shouldn’t have agreed to leave.”
“This was for the best. We’ll still have eyes on your brother, but Maria and the others don’t know that. If anything happens, Chris will know in seconds.”
“Is there sound?”
He smiled. “There is. However, even if I hadn’t planted bugs in the room, Chris can read lips.”
“You thought of everything.”
“He’s your brother. I know what he means to you.”
“Sit rep,” Brody said as soon as he and the others arrived.
Between them, Sawyer and Jesse reported the latest events to their teammates.
Logan scowled. “Janie, what is going on with Moran’s wife? Was she like this when you were in Chile?”
“Maria acted like we were best friends. I don’t know what happened. When I boarded the plane in Talca, she asked me to come back when the baby was born. Now, she acts as though everything that happened to David is my fault. I don’t understand it.”