He should have been there by now. Surely, it wouldn’t have taken him that long to get down the mountain to the trail. The trail had been relatively level, he could have jogged it in no time.“He smokes,” she whispered. So, he’s not in the best of shape and the altitude is probably not helping. Well, that was one thing in their favor. Another thing in their favor was he had no idea one of them was a cop, much less that one of them had a gun. And she knew without a doubt that she’d shoot first before trying to arrest the goddamn son of a bitch.Jaime squeezed her eyes shut as she thought of the older woman. Sandra had enough pain to last a lifetime. Why her?Sandra, who was so looking forward to the rest of her life, taken down like an animal. It made no sense. If he was after Sara, why take a shot at someone else?But she knew the answer. It was just the thrill of it. She’d been on the force long enough to hear that answer over and over again.He was a hit man for sure but obviously not a very disciplined one.No doubt he was just a thug hired to do a job.
