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High Card Bluff (House of Cards Series 5)

Romance

Tom Guerrero is used to working in the mechanic shop for his father and running the odd job for his mother's private investigator business when he isn't trying to lead his own life, but one job for his mother is pulling him in too deep. He is trying...

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"Can you look into someone for me? I think he's the guy who put the card under my door as a heads up to the tracker. Shawn Moore, he keeps interfering, but in ways that end up in our favor," Tom's comment surprised Adri.

"Sharon's man? If you suspect him you should look into her too," Adri didn't doubt Tom's suspicions. She liked Sharon, but that didn't mean both of them couldn't be suspicious.

"Good plan, I'll get the search on those two going, and contact the hiring party," Maya was technically the boss of this project. "You two, try to stay out of trouble until we get more details."

It really should have felt like the jinx it turned out to be. Everyone was on high alert, but no one knew what for, or when it would happen. Just an endless, fatiguing sense of the Sword of Damocles dangling. So when Tom had to drive out to get the Jeep before his weekend business, Adri went with him; neither one wanting to leave her in the apartment alone. It was probably the misplaced sense of security that left them feeling safe as they headed out to get the armored Jeep, because they never made it to their destination

As Jerred had promised, as soon as all the public attention had faded off of Adri, those who had their eyes on them made their move. Tom turned the Supra towards the Guerrero lot and like the past repeating itself, a truck manned into them deliberately along the way.

The safety features of the car did their best to minimize the damage, and adrenaline insured that Adri experienced the whole thing in disjointed array of sensations.

The suffocating press of the seatbelt locked across her chest as inertia tried to throw her forwards even as the assault truck's momentum tried to punch her to the side. The hideous shriek of metal twisting and tearing, even as the brakes squealed and a deeper rattle shook through her. Tomas grunted next to her and the airbags popped any other sound away even as a strange powder filled the car. It was only seconds but felt like a lifetime before everything stopped moving.

"Go, get out and run," Tomas rasped out, his words driving her into action.

His side was crumpled in; the glass a mess of spider webs but not tearing them apart. Adri rushed to uncap her seat belt, relieved that it hadn't jammed and unlocked her door with a shaky hand. She could see someone coming around the back of the car to get her but Adri did like Tom said and took off running.

Her head was spinning, she could feel her equilibrium tilt, and she was unfortunately wearing high heels because after getting the Jeep they were supposed to go on a date. And even as her ears were ringing she could hear the footsteps running after her and the sound of that damned truck backing up to come in pursuit, and to her horror she could hear them drag Tom out of the car but she didn't dare to look back.

She ran, and even aa Adrianna ran she knew that whomever was after them was going to catch her. She was in great shape and could do anything even in heels, but she couldn't outrun a car.

In her left hand she had her phone in emergency mode and was frantically pressing the button that would auto call the cops. Like running, Adri knew they won't be arriving in time to save her, but Adri had long ago programmed her phone to not just call 911 in emergencies. Everyone in the families got an alert; her parents, Tom's parents, the James', even Nate, Grace and of course Tom.

They may not be saved from this, but at least this gave them a chance to be rescued.

Adri was still outrunning the people on foot, but that truck sounded far too close and she was lucky they seemed to want her alive or else they could have simply ran her over.

Instead the truck pulled ahead of her and halted, men spilling out. She scanned the faces quickly and was almost not surprised to find that the asshole William was a part of the group. They were visibly armed or not alone as Adri heard another vehicle brake behind her. And even though she knew it would do no good, Adri couldn't help but look at the new arrival.

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