Chapter 9

"Damn. What the devil happened to them? Philip made a demand. Anna could make out his face even through the branches despite the distance between them. "Just chill out," the other man said. "They are now within striking distance thanks to the shot. If they have not yet passed away, we will see to it that they do so before they reach their destination."Relax?" The tone of Philip's speech was one of complete and utter disbelief. "My family, including my wife and my children, as well as everyone else that is important to me, has been put in danger."

"Pedro is very good at getting what he wants, regardless of the cost. You ought to have accepted the money that he offered you and then gotten the heck out of there. I did." Anna had the impression that she had been struck in the stomach. To bend down that low was nothing unusual for someone like Pedro, but the length of his reach was absolutely alarming. She would have to go into hiding while the case was being tried if she wanted to continu