Page 70 of Depths of Destruction

"He called Interpol."

"I know. I just traced his phone."

Darien laughs. "What a liar. You couldn't possibly—"

"Your laptop. Feel free to look at it after we leave." Andre motions to the laptop sitting on the desk a few feet away and then moves me behind his body. He steps toward Darien. "In the closet."

"I'm not—"

"Get in the closet, or I will make you," Andre screams in his face, and Darien cowers. "Now!"

Darien steps backward into the hall closet.

"When Interpol gets here, they will let you out." Andre pulls a china cabinet in front of it. He turns to me. "Let's go."

I can't leave Darien in the closet.

But I have to. He did this.

It's Darien.

He decided to put me in harm's way.

Because he's jealous.

"Naomi," Andre growls, and I snap out of my thoughts.

Andre doesn't deserve to be hurt by Darien's actions.

He hands me two of the bags in the kitchen from Darien's shopping trip. He picks up the other one then opens the cabinet and stuffs a bunch of food in them. He unzips his backpack and throws a few bottles of water in it and snags the boat keys hanging on the wall.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't ask questions. Let's go." He opens the door and waits for me to step outside. "Interpol will be here in ten minutes. We don't have a lot of time."

We move quickly to the dock. Andre motions for me to get on the smallest boat. He hands me the keys. "Start the boat."

I obey while he grabs gas cans off the other vessels and unhooks us from the dock. He jumps on and takes over driving.

The night is dark and calm. The air is slightly chilly, but my blood is still boiling over Darien's actions. I take the seat next to Andre. For a long time, neither of us speak. My thoughts race all over the place, wondering how Darien could have been so stupid.

And he kissed me.

Andre saw.

A pit in my stomach grows, thinking of Andre's eyes when he saw us.

The waves get rougher the farther out we go. It gets colder, and I hug my knees. I put my hand on Andre's arm, but he shrugs it off, and his jaw clenches. "Andre—"

He gazes straight ahead. "Go in the cabin and get some sleep. Tomorrow will be another long day."

I stand and wrap my arm around his tense shoulders.

He freezes.

"I didn't—"

He rises. "Go to sleep. I'll let you know when we get to wherever we're going."