Dangerous Rescue - Linzi Baxter Page 0,42

to be part of this for some reason. I personally wanted to drop you off the bridge with weights tied to your ankles.”

Siena clawed at his hands. “Please… can’t… breathe.”

The door to her room swung open, and Hudson walked in. His eyes went wild when he looked at her and Mr. Robles. With two large steps, he was across the room. He yanked Mr. Robles off her throat, and she dropped to the floor, taking deep breaths. When she looked up, she caught sight of Hudson knocking Edward out.

“No, Hudson.”

She hurried across the room and pulled her savior back. “We need to turn him over to the cops.”

Hudson had already knocked Edward out. Siena ran to her desk and drew out a rope she’d brought in for a class project. Hudson used it to tie Mr. Robles’s hands behind his back.

“Are you okay?” His voice was strained with emotion as he ran his fingers across her sore neck. She didn’t need to look in the mirror to know it was bruised purple. “I want to kill him.”

“So do I, especially after he threatened our daughter, but he has information about the cartel. He’s also the one who took the drugs out of my house.”

“Isn’t that why his son is dead?”

“Yes, but how do you know all of that?” she asked.

“On my way to surprise you and see if you want to grab dinner with me before heading home, I called Gumby.”

Siena’s hands still shook as she sat on the floor, staring at the man who’d almost killed her. Her chest tightened, knowing there were still men after her, even with Kyle dead and his dad going to jail. The cartel still wanted her dead or working with them. “We need to call the cops. God, this is going to be the second time in two weeks that cops show up in my classroom. Parents will start asking questions, and Principal Ragen might have to fire me.”

Hudson shook his head. “You’re being targeted. The school won’t let you go.”

“If it puts the kids in danger,” Siena told him softly, “they won’t have a choice.” The bell rang. “Fuck. My class will start soon. I can’t have kids walk in here with him lying on the floor.”

Hudson got up and locked the classroom door. “Call the principal, and tell him what’s going on. I’m going to call Gumby and get the contact information for the person he’s talked to at the police department. What happens if a teacher gets sick in the middle of the day?”

“They call in a sub or send the kids to a study lab.” Siena sighed and dialed her principal.

He answered on the first ring. “Hello, Miss. Davenport. Please tell me you will at least work the week.”

“I’m not going anywhere. Well, until you fire me, which might be sooner rather than later. Mr. Robles was working with his son to sell those drugs. He assaulted me in my classroom… and, well, my friend showed up in time to save me, but we need to have the cops come to get him, and my class needs to be moved.”

Mr. Ragen told her to send her students to the library. He said he would notify Becky because she had a free period and he would find someone to take the rest of her classes for the day. He felt responsible since he’d sent Mr. Robles to her classroom without letting her know.

Hudson hung up the phone and turned in her direction. “Gumby called the detective, and he’s on his way down.”

At least the man who kept acting like she was the one doing something wrong wouldn’t be coming this time. She still didn’t know why the cop kept treating her like that. Siena sighed and sat down in the chair. Mr. Robles’s eyes popped open, and he tried to move.

Hudson pressed his foot to the man’s chest so he couldn’t sit up. “The cops are on the way.”

For the first time, Mr. Robles’s composure broke. “You can’t let them take me. They have people on the inside. I’ll be dead within a day just like my son.”

Siena had lived in a bubble most of her life. She heard on the news about cops being corrupt but never realized she would hear someone in person telling her the cops actually worked for the cartel. Which sounded absurd. But then, she never expected a principal of an expensive private school to be working for the cartel.

She glanced up at Hudson. “What