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Оглавление“I’m the target, aren’t I?” Beth asked.
Her voice shook as she continued, “The cartel wants to eliminate me. They want me dead, right?”
Dillon said nothing at first, his silence answer enough. “I’ll need to assign you protection. This is too serious to ignore.”
Beth thought of her tranquil, little cottage by the lighthouse, cramped with people allotted to look after her. “Okay,” she said quietly. “Who would be staying with me?”
“A surveillance expert and I will create a lookout post in your lighthouse tower and set up home there for the mission until the cartel members are in custody and no longer a threat to you.”
“Mission?” she questioned. “You make it sound like a military operation.”
“The coast guard is a branch of the US Armed Forces,” he replied. “Ensuring your safety is as important as any task I need to accomplish in my day job, but I can’t take personal responsibility for protecting you.” He sighed. “It’s complicated.”
She looked him full in the face. “One thing I’ve learned over the years is that things are always complicated.”
“I will make absolutely sure that nothing bad happens to you.” He laid a hand over hers. “You deserve all the resources we have, and you’re worth the effort. You should know that.”
His words almost took her breath away.
