come in,” Alex said.
Billie Dee could barely breathe. Her thoughts were spiraling. “Not happening.”
“The only way we can protect you is if you come in.”
“There was a man watching my house last night.” She blurted it out.
“Did you get a look at him?”
“No.”
“Well, it certainly wasn’t Barnes. He only got out today and you’re far enough away that he shouldn’t be able to get to you very fast—if he even comes after you.”
So they knew where she was. And she’d thought she was being so smart by not going into the WITSEC program. They’d still been tracking her.
Billie Dee wanted to scream. “You promised me that he would never be on the streets again after I testified against him.”
“I know.”
She thought of the man she’d seen watching her house. Not Barnes. But then who? Barnes had snitched on so many of his former associates, she doubted it would be one of them.
“We don’t think he’ll chance going back inside by coming after you. We can’t know what Barnes is thinking, but—”
She almost hung up, she was so furious. “What he’s thinking?” Her laugh made her chest hurt. “He’s thinking how easy it will be to find me. Someone already knows or there wouldn’t be a man watching my house.”
“It could be a US marshal. I didn’t send one, but there was talk among one of my bosses of trying to provide some protection for you.”
“If the man is a US marshal, then he is only here waiting for Barnes to kill me so you can arrest him again. And you wanted me to stay in the witness protection program? Ever find that leak in your department?”
“There isn’t a leak.”
“You keep telling yourself that.”
“We have thousands of people in WITSEC who are still safe. You chose to go it alone and still the department hasn’t forgotten about you. Like I said, someone higher up could have sent a marshal because they didn’t want you to worry.”
“Not worry, Alex? You’re letting loose a psychopathic killer who wants me dead and you think I’m not worried?”
“Look, if you come in—”
“You almost got me killed last time at one of your safe houses.”
“Billie Dee, that was unfortunate, but—”
“No.” She shook her head and looked out at the Montana landscape. She’d come to love this valley surrounded by four mountain ranges. She’d come to love her life here. She didn’t want to leave.
“We can relocate you, give you another name—”
“No. I tried it your way.”
“What are you going to do?” he demanded.
“None of your business.” She disconnected, wishing she hadn’t called. Hadn’t she known last night that something was wrong? She had no doubt that Barnes would find her. He had gotten out today. Could he already be on his way to Montana?
So maybe it was a US marshal watching out for her. That should have relieved her mind, but it didn’t. She knew Barnes. She’d looked into his eyes the second time he’d tried to kill her. He’d told her then that he would kill her no matter what it took. He would come for her—only this time he would succeed.
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