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Zach knew Riker’s cousin had set her up to be here to pick them up.  He supposed his cousin hadn’t managed to get his own boat or it would’ve been him meeting them here and not her.  Jasmine was naïve enough to be tricked into it.  He didn’t know what his cousin had done to convince her to come out into the middle of nowhere, but it was obviously a really good lie.  She didn’t seem like the type to just go for anything.  She had that innocent law-abiding attitude that most people had.
    “She’s up to something, Zach,” Dante said, eyeing her suspiciously.
    Jasmine crossed her arms over her chest, trying to look innocent.  “I haven’t done anything wrong.  You’ve searched all over the boat and didn’t find anything.”
    “Should we have?” Zach asked.  “You smuggling drugs on this thing or waiting on a pickup?  Don’t think we’re ignorant of this business and that you can pull one over on us.”
    Jasmine felt the color leave her face.  They were smarter than she’d originally supposed.  “Can I get cleaned up and change?  I’ve been sweating all day out here and I’m sticky.”
    “You didn’t answer the question.”  He studied her a long moment.  “Sure, go ahead, but if you aren’t out in five minutes, I’m coming in to get you.”
    They left her alone in the room.  She damned sure didn’t want to be walking around tempting a dozen horny soldiers.  She didn’t need that kind of problem.  If they were having trouble controlling themselves, it was just asking for trouble.
    It didn’t take her but a few minutes to soap up and rinse off.  She didn’t bother washing her hair since it was already clean, but it felt better getting the thick scent from her skin.
    When she got out of the head, she half expected them to be sitting there waiting on her for a show.  Relief flooded her that the room was empty, and she slipped her clothes on and brushed her hair.
    As much as she hated the fact that she was trapped on the boat, she hadn’t really relished the idea of swimming for safety in the middle of the ocean.  She might not have ever reached land or gotten eaten alive by a shark.  More than likely, she would’ve drowned to death.  She’d never been a really strong swimmer and given that it was dark, she’d probably have headed out to see instead of inland.
    She hadn’t been familiar with the bowels of the boat other than to know where all the hatches were.  The life raft she was pretty sure was somewhere up at steerage, which meant she would’ve had to face the other men.  Who knew what would have happened had she gotten to go through with her escape attempt.
    It was just that she’d been struck by a moment of terror-filled stupidity that if she’d had time to think about, she probably wouldn’t have attempted any such thing.
    She was left wondering how it was that American soldiers would be kept prisoner here, when it was supposed to be terrorists and the like.  Had they betrayed their country?
    Feeling exhausted by her trials, Jasmine curled up on a bunk, hoping to find a little sleep before being grilled again.
     

 
     
     
    Chapter Three
     
    Lucas was pouring over the manual and charts when Zach finally arrived.
    “See anything,” Zach asked.
    “I’ve been looking at the manual.  Haven’t gotten to the charts yet.  I figured you’d want to go over those when you got in here.”
    “Okay.  There has to be somewhere we can go where we won’t be pursued or where we can at least hide out until the heat is off.  I’ll check out the charts.”  Zach looked them over, settling on the area they were in and possibilities of where to go.  Panama was probably out.  Mexico could work or somewhere in South America.
    He didn’t want to go into hiding, but he didn’t figure they had a lot of choice in the matter.  As much as they’d wanted to be cured, the facility hadn’t demonstrated any interest in curing them of the virus infecting them.  If it