“We can. There’s been an airstrip on the island since the house was built. It hasn’t been maintained since we lost the last plane. But as soon as I knew the jet was ready, I hired a team to get it back in shape.”
“Those are the guys there?”
He nodded. “They would’ve been in touch with me if anything had happened to Bess.” So, they could take the plane to the island. That was a relief. “I’ve ordered a full check of all the jet’s systems. It came from the manufacturers to the airstrip and we needed it in a hurry, so I’m confident that it hasn’t been tampered with. But we will need to get security to check it out because Thad knows his way around a plane.”
It was still difficult for her to think of Thad as an enemy when for so long he’d been an ally. But the good doctor had made his choice
