Page 40 of Hidden Desire

“We have our eyes on your wife.”

“What? Where?”

“She turned at the end of the driveway and is walking along the tree line so it’s harder to see her.”

What the fuck?

“What do you want me to do?” Rafe asked.

“Nothing, just keep your eyes on her.”

“You got it.”

Robert dropped the phone on his desk and went to her old room. The sight of everything hit him and almost made him double over in pain. All her clothing was gone, and he saw smears of blood everywhere. When he caught sight of the folded letters and one of them with her wedding ring on it, he wanted to howl.

He shoved the ring in his pocket and read over the letter. His anguish grew when he realized she was doing this to protect his daughter and give him the freedom she thought he wanted.

The paper was dropped to the floor before he walked out. He made his way out the back door and met Rafe by one of the cars.

“She’s carrying her suitcase, so she hasn’t gotten far,” Rafe said. “Do you want me to drive you to her? One of our men is behind her, but she doesn’t know it.”

Robert nodded. “Yes. The sooner I get to her, the better.”

They got into the car and drove out of the driveway. Rafe’s phone rang.

“What?” Rafe asked.

Robert heard the other person talking but not what they were saying. When Rafe glanced at him in concern, he knew it wasn’t going to be good.

Rafe hung up and pulled over.

“What?” Robert asked.

“She’s calling someone to come and pick her up,” Rafe told him.

“Fuck. It’s probably her father. Let’s go. We don’t have a lot of time now.”

Rafe drove a few more blocks when a man walked out of the line of trees. He rolled down the window, and the guy leaned in.

“She’s only a few yards away. She’s hiding behind a treeand waiting for whoever she called to come get her.”

Robert cursed again and got out. “Wait here. I’m going to have you drive us back. I have no idea when that bastard is going to get here, and I don’t want her out here.”

“You got it,” Rafe said and put the car in park.

Robert walked the way the other guy had pointed out. He could see her feet and hear her sniffles telling him exactly where she was.

He rounded the tree and crouched by her side. She screamed and tried to push away from him.

“Oh, no, you don’t,” he growled.

“Robert?”

“Yes, Sweetheart. It’s your husband coming for you, and I have to say you’re in so much trouble.”

She kept trying to get away from him. “No, you don’t understand. I’m doing this for you. My father is on the way. Just let me go.”

Robert lifted her and threw her over his shoulder. “That will never happen.”