Chapter Nine
Late in the night, Antonia stood at her bedroom window looking down at the entrance to the house. She’d heard some commotion below and awakened from a troubled sleep, seeing that the outside lights had been turned on. She stood in the shadows now, making sure that she wasn’t seen.
She watched as Rupert stood in the drive beside his Mercedes, talking with Miguel. When they finished their conversation, to her surprise, both men climbed into the car, Rupert driving. Speeding down the road, they were out of sight in seconds.
Heart suddenly pounding with excitement, Antonia moved fast. She dressed in pants and a plain shirt, clothes she’d worn on her father’s ranch that hung unused in the back of her closet of dresses. Then creeping quietly into the upstairs corridor, she move
