“You don’t.” He met the other man’s gaze and watched him digest the truth of that statement. Macon didn’t know if his word was any good. He’d have to trust him. Or not. But Korbin’s message was clear. He’d given his word and he intended to keep it.
Macon gave him a pat on his shoulder. “Take her home. Let her decide what she wants to do.”
Korbin nodded once. He wouldn’t force Savanna to do anything she didn’t agree to. He walked over to her. She’d put on the boots and was waiting for him.
Taking the pair Hurley had for him, he removed the ski boots and put those on.
“Thanks for all your help,” he said to Hurley.
“You take care now.” He handed Savanna some keys.
“I’ll take you to your truck,” Savanna said to Korbin.
“I’ll meet you there,” Macon said. “I have to go get my things from my room and make a couple of calls first.”
He’d make sure Korbin took her there. Korbin would do the same if he had a sister and something like this had happened. He followed Savanna out to Hurley’s truck. Before she reached the driver’s door, he stopped her.
“I’ll drive.”
She didn’t protest and climbed up into the passenger side.
“You should stay with me, Savanna,” he said as he began to drive.
“And continue this charade? No, thanks. I’ll take my chances with a new security system. And don’t forget, my dad is really rich.”
Her frustration came from sleeping with him. He wasn’t going to broach that topic now. So she could afford security personnel if she decided to go that far. All right. He had a control problem going on here. He’d lost two women he should have been able to protect. Savanna was not going to be the third.
He didn’t argue. Just drove the short distance to her road. Moments later, he spotted his truck—and the swarm of other vehicles up at her house, unmarked Denver detective cars.
“What’s going on?”
Somehow the police had tracked him here, and the sheriff hadn’t yet been informed. Korbin braked, glanced over at Savanna’s questioning face and then did a U-turn. She wasn’t going to like this.
Chapter 7
“Are you kidding me?” Savanna held on as Korbin slid out onto the highway.
He raced as fast as he dared up the icy road. Now wasn’t the appropriate time to explain everything to her.
“What are you doing?”
Just then a black Escalade passed going the other way. Savanna watched it, and Korbin saw her brother in the driver’s seat. He didn’t notice them.
“Stop this truck!” Savanna twisted to look for her brother, but Korbin saw in his rearview mirrors that he wasn’t slowing to turn around.
Spotting the turn to Chavis’s cabin, he took it. The road had recently been plowed. There were other cabins in the area. The first turnoff was Chavis’s. Korbin drove up the driveway, protected by a thick forest of trees. In the clearing, he stopped.