The Baby Assignment. Christy Barritt
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clenched her jaw. Preparing herself for anything. Because Macy would fight with every last ounce of her being to keep this baby safe.
* * *
Tanner stepped outside and onto the front porch, his gun locked and loaded.
Cool nighttime air surrounded him. It was a typical March night in Texas. All was silent except for some crickets and a light breeze that rustled the leaves. He glanced up. Stars twinkled overhead. The piney scent of the forest drifted up to him.
Had someone managed to follow them here? Impossible. Tanner and his men had taken every safety precaution possible. They hadn’t been trailed.
But what if someone had found them anyway? Tanner didn’t see how that was possible, but he couldn’t rule it out yet.
He flanked the perimeter of the house. At the edge of the house, he paused and observed the woods surrounding them. He listened.
Agent Kyle Manning was on the other side of the property doing the same. Meanwhile, Agent Armstrong stayed inside to protect Macy and Addie.
Tanner heard nothing. The crickets had gone silent. The breeze had died.
He saw nothing. Not even a squirrel. A bird.
All was still.
But Macy wasn’t the type to make stuff like this up. She’d always been even-keeled and reliable. If she’d said she saw something, then she had.
Tanner darted toward a tree between the house and the woods, his gun still raised and ready. He listened again.
Nothing.
Was someone lying in wait? Did they want him to think no one was here so they could launch a surprise attack? He wouldn’t put it past these guys.
He had to remain on guard.
Just then, something snapped in the distance. “Was that you, Manning?” he said into his mic.
“Not me.”
He moved closer toward the woods. He knew that whoever these guys were, they were ruthless. They wouldn’t blink an eye at harming someone to get what they wanted. The situation at the therapy center today had been proof of that.
Tanner stared out into the haunted-looking trees in the distance. He couldn’t use a flashlight right now because that would be a dead giveaway as to where he was. But without one, it was nearly impossible to see until his eyes adjusted properly to the darkness.
“I’ll go to the left,” Manning said into his earpiece.
“Be careful. I don’t like this.” Everything about the situation put his senses on alert. He was used to dealing with major crimes. Serial killings, drug busts, grisly homicides. On paper, this shouldn’t be so difficult. It was simply protecting an innocent baby who had been left at the FBI field office. But this felt like his toughest assignment to date.
Maybe it also had to do with the fact that he was trying to keep safe the woman he once loved.
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