Her Secret Santa - Miley Maine Page 0,53

notification on my phone. Damn. How long had I been out?

It was a voicemail. “Mr. Caplan. We have the suspects apprehended. We did not discover the location of Saul. We suspect that he has his own plane, most likely a small, single engine, or he is on the highway Sir. We aren’t sure and these guys are not talking. But the family is safe. No one was harmed. The perpetrators have been handed over to the proper authorities.”

“Great,” I muttered. “Yes. That is what I like to hear. Now, we just have to get Saul where he fucking belongs.”

I hoped I’d get there before him. Did the guy have his own plane? If he did, I doubted it was a jet.

The tracker said that Julie was running towards the woods from the house. I had to zero in on her precise location, but that was what is showed. Where was she going? Was Saul there by some miracle? It didn’t really matter if she was there or not, I supposed. I could trap Saul by myself without really using her as bait.

But it would work better. We could get him to admit that he was there for her, possibly get his voice on audio recording saying all the things he was going to do to her or had done to her in the past. All of that would be instrumental in getting him a long stay in prison.

I understood why she was so frightened. I was asking a lot of her, but this situation wasn’t going to go away by being afraid and running from it. We had to meet it head on and eliminate it once and for all. I could only imagine how hard it was for her, but that was why I felt it was kind of necessary to force her hand on this action. I was going to take care of this situation as much of it was possible as I was in a position to do so. This would work. It had all been carefully thought out. Julie just needed to believe me.

The plane began to make its descent. I saw the sights of the airport coming into view and I watched with wonder as the plane descended down from the sky. I loved flying. I had always loved it, being a part of the wonderful sky and flying high above everything. There was no traffic. There was no congestion, and there was absolutely nothing up there but you and the hand of God reaching out to you. It made me feel so powerful somehow.

When we finally landed, I left the jet and made my way to the car that was waiting for me. My driver, Douglas, put my bags in the trunk and then I stepped into the back of the limo. I grabbed my phone and called one of my cop friends, Derek. We had been friends since shortly after I bought the mansion in Anchorage. He was a trustworthy guy. I liked him quite a bit and I hoped that after all of this was over that Julie would end up trusting him as well.

“Hey, Derek,” I said. “How’s it going? You see anything strange from your end?”

“Not really, other than Julie ran off into the woods. But she is alone.”

“Yeah, I think she is just terrified of being there by herself. But you didn’t alert her to your presence, did you? I don’t want her acting too comfortable when this asshole actually shows up.”

“Right. No, I didn’t. She doesn’t know we’ve been standing by the entire time. Are you sure that’s wise? She seems really freaked out.”

“Yeah. It’s the best way. I don’t like deceiving her at all, but if she knew everything about the trap it would definitely affect her ability to act normal. This guy Saul is pretty paranoid. He is used to being double crossed. So we have to let him think he is cool as a cucumber. I don’t expect him to just walk up to the door.”

“Ok,” he said. “How soon are you going to be here?”

“I’m not,” I said. “I’m thinking I might just hide out somewhere close by until this thing comes to a head.”

Derek coughed. “Well, I was thinking we’d sneak you into the house and you could hide out there. That way when this guy comes in at least you will be in there. Even with us being this close, it is still going to take a few minutes to actually get