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“Why don’t you tell us? You’re the one that boarded our boat.”
“Look, our plane crashed—”
“Yes, right in the middle of our job.” He stepped in front of me, his eyes calculating my every possible move. He thought we actually came here on purpose. That couldn’t be further from the truth, but I had no doubt Fox had actually intended for this to all work out just the way he wanted.
“And what job is that?”
His eyes bored into mine, and then he started laughing. “You’re very good. Tell me, how did you know where we would be?”
“Like I said, our plane crashed.”
“Yes, a well-timed plane crash in the middle of the Caribbean, right in our trade routes.”
“It wasn’t very well-timed, in my opinion,” I muttered. “I would have loved to make it to the mainland.”
“Who told you our coordinates?” he said, his jaw clenching.
“Like I said—”
He slammed the butt of the gun against the side of my head. My vision blurred as I stumbled to the side, but I quickly caught myself and stood up straight. If it weren’t for the fact that every one of us was at a disadvantage, I would have fought back. But I was positive Fox had set this up for a reason, and I had to wait for his signal. Besides, I had a woman depending on me to keep her alive.
“Still nothing to say?” he asked. When I didn’t say anything, he nodded to someone behind me. Then I heard her scream and knew the game had changed. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her being dragged by her hair to the center of the boat. The man holding her had a gun pressed to her head. But once again, my beautiful, crazy woman didn’t look scared.
“If you want information from me, this is not how to get it,” she argued. “Now, I’m sure you have some very bad business to conduct, so wouldn’t it be more beneficial for you to just send us off in a raft and allow you to proceed with your business?”
“Sarah—” I started but was immediately struck again. She would get us all killed if she tried to get us put in a raft. These men wouldn’t bother going to all the trouble of gently sending us on our way. They’d put a bullet in each of us and call it a day.
“Seriously? You’re such a brute!” Sarah shouted. “Ooh, smack a helpless man who can’t defend himself!”
That wasn’t at all true. She was actually making me sound like a pussy.
“How did you get out here?” he asked her. “Who sent you?”
“Nobody sent me!” she snapped. “He kidnapped me! Well, technically, it was less than kidnapping, but I didn’t go willingly. So, yes, I’m going with kidnapping! Which, I can tell you right now is a very bad thing. So, if that’s what you intend to do with us, I ask that you reconsider.”
The captain turned to me, laughing at everything Sarah just said. “You’ve got a feisty one on your hands.”
“Don’t I know it,” I muttered.
“Look, we didn’t come out here to put a damper on your business,” she continued.
As she spoke, I caught the faintest movement from Fox. He was doing something, but with Sarah rambling, she was causing the perfect distraction. I just had to keep her going.
“—sure you’re lovely bad guys. In fact, I’m sure you have every reason in the world to do the terrible things you’re doing.”
“Would you fucking stop?” I shouted. “They’re bad men, one of which tried to rape you not too long ago, and you’re sympathizing with them?”
“I was trying to calm them down,” she said through gritted teeth. “You’re not exactly helping the situation.”
“Because you can’t rationalize with men that want to kill you. And if you keep rambling about how they really are good human beings, they’re going to put a bullet in your skull and enjoy every last second of it.”
She scoffed at me in shock. “How do you know that? Not everyone is a truly evil person. Some just fall into the business and don’t know how to get out. Or…maybe their parents were really bad role models. Did you ever think they might need someone to believe in them?”
“I believe them,” I laughed. “I believe they will kill us and dump our bodies in the ocean to be eaten by sharks!” Fox signaled to IRIS he was about to move. Whatever was going on, IRIS already had a trap in place. “And I believe that if anyone here is going to get us killed, it’s going to be you because you can’t keep your damn mouth shut!”
“My, my,” the captain laughed. “This really is quite entertaining, but—”
An explosion tore through the side of the boat, sending us all flying. I used the distraction to run to Sarah, grabbing her hand and pulling her to the other end of the boat by IRIS.
