Secret Seduction by Jill Sanders Read Free Book Online

the younger kids. He didn’t talk to them like most teenage boys did, just trying to impress a girl and acting like they were somehow very stupid. Instead, he’d talked to them like they were little adults, and he was careful to explain everything in an easy and fun manner.
     
    She’d learned a lot that year in his class, enough to help her escape those two men last night. She knew Jason was the only reason she’d gotten away. If he hadn’t been there… she shivered thinking about it.
     
    When they had been on the bus for a little over two hours, Jason got up and walked over to her. “Come on.” He nodded towards the front of the bus.
     
    “ Come on, where?”
     
    “We’re leaving.” He grabbed the hen and handed the cage to a little girl who sat on the next seat, then he took Katie’s hand and pulled her up. They started to make their way to the front of the crowded bus where Jason tried to communicate to the local driver. Katie leaned over and looked at the landscape just as the bus slowed down.
     
    “We’re getting off here.”
     
    “Here?” Katie looked out the window again. She didn’t see any signs of a town, houses, or any other buildings. As far as she could tell, there was nothing within miles of where Jason had just asked to be dropped off. They stepped off the bus, and when the doors closed, she felt a little abandoned. She watched as the bus coughed a big puff of black smoke as it left them behind.
     
    She looked around the beautiful countryside and would have enjoyed the scenery if she wasn’t worried about being stranded. The rolling hills were very green and she noticed they were full of wild flowers of almost every color. She could even smell the freshness in the air, like some of those flower plug-in’s she used to buy for her bathroom.
     
    “Well.” She turned and looked at him with her arms crossed.
     
    He smiled back at her, “Well?”
     
    “What are we doing out here in the middle of nowhere? I walked several miles yesterday after being dropped off by a bus, and let me tell you,” she stepped closer and pointed her finger into his chest, “I’m in no mood to walk that far again. We were perfectly fine on the bus, no one was following us. There was no danger. It was taking us to --” he silenced her by tugging on her hand.
     
    “Jason!”
     
    “It’s better to show you than to stand here listening to you.” He smiled at her and kept tugging her hand until she gave in and walked with him towards a small hill. She was steaming mad by the time they reached the top of the hill. What was wrong with him? He’d never talked to her like this before. Looking out over the hill, she saw that they were within a short walking distance of a small city.
     
    “How did you know that was there? Why did we have to leave the bus?” She tugged her hand free of his, missing its warmth instantly.
     
    “I used GPS,” he said, pulling his iPhone out of his pocket. “Whoever is after you could be watching the bus routes into town. We’re going to wait here until evening, then walk into town.” He looked around, and after grabbing her hand again, started walking in the opposite direction.
     
    “Stop!” She pulled her hand away and stopped walking. “I’m tired of you yanking me around by my arms.” She started to cross her arms, but then realized it might look childish.
     
    They were on top of a small hill in a very large, green field in the-middle-of-nowhere Greece, and she could see for miles as a light breeze cooled her face. Small houses with red brick tiles for roofs lined the countryside. Katie noticed that there was another small town just back down the hill from where they stood.
     
    “Katie --”
     
    “No! You promised me answers and I’m not going anywhere without getting some.” She dropped down in the soft grass and crossed her legs. She didn’t even look up at him as he hovered over her. She hadn’t gotten a lot to eat that morning and the apple and the