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Authors: Trish Loye
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asses last year, remember? They can’t be all bad. Besides, we can’t be on the teams forever.”
“No, but we can work with the teams.”
Rhys snorted. “You like working behind a desk?”
Jake stiffened and focused on the monitors, looking for his targets. “That isn’t the point.”
“We could do good work here too,” Rhys said.
“You mean me ,” Jake replied without looking at his friend. His leg ramped up the pain as if in protest and he gritted his teeth. “We’re going back. The team is almost finished training for the next deployment and you’re going with them. And I…I’ll do whatever needs to be done.”
Rhys sipped his coffee. “Just don’t—”
Something on the monitor caught Jake’s eye. “What the hell?”
Rhys’s feet hit the deck. “What’s up?”
Jake watched the monitor closely, following the sleek brunette coming toward them. His lips twitched when she wobbled on her spiky heels. Not practical, but they showcased some amazing legs. She carried a large tote bag. Why did women have such giant purses?
“Earth to College?” Rhys interrupted his wayward thoughts.
Jake snapped his mind into gear. There definitely weren’t distractions like this in the Hindu Kush. He pointed to the screen. “Isn’t that the new IT tech? What’s her name?” He paused as if he hadn’t memorized everything he could find in her very small file. “Danielle. Danielle Everett.”
Rhys glanced sideways at him and raised an eyebrow.
“What?” Jake asked.
Rhys didn’t bother to answer, and they watched her enter the cafe near the van’s location.
“Why would she change her clothes and come across town for coffee?” Jake asked.
Rhys sent him another sideways look. “She changed clothes?”
“She was wearing a man’s suit this morning.” Jake blanked his face while Rhys continued to watch him knowingly. “We’re trained to notice details, remember? Anyway, she had to do a task for me this morning.”
Rhys leaned back in his chair, his lips twitching. “A task?”
“What? Are you a freaking parrot today?” Jake watched Dani stroll into the coffee shop and ignored Rhys’s smirk. Once Dani was out of sight, he let out a deep breath and focused. “Something’s off,” he said.
Rhys dropped his smirk. “She got caught hacking E.D.G.E. files two days ago, and now she’s coming out of the same building we’re staking out?” He shook his head. “That doesn’t look good. We should call it in.”
Jake agreed, but paused a moment. “She’ll most likely be fired if we do.” He wasn’t sure why that bothered him, but the image of her in the gym yesterday morning popped into his mind. She’d been worried about something, and that had been before she’d gotten into the office. “Wait out on this one, Lucky. I want to see how it plays.”
Rhys studied his face for a moment. “Roger that.”
Jake rubbed his leg. “I suddenly feel like a coffee.”
Rhys grinned. “Good hunting.”
As Jake entered the cafe, he stepped to the side and scanned the occupants, knowing better than to pause in a doorway silhouetted against the light. It was a diner-style cafe with creamy walls and a hardwood floor, hosting a long bar with stools, booths against the far wall and a few tables near the front.
Seven people sat in the room. Four in the booths, two separately at the bar, and one lady in a tight black suit with great legs sitting at a table by the front window.
Dani held a book in front of her face, a romance novel with some bare-chested guy in a kilt on the cover. He almost snorted. He continued to the bar as if he hadn’t seen her, and ordered a coffee from the waitress.
“To stay?” she asked, her French accent thick.
Jake thought about it. From the corner of his eye he could see Dani’s stiff posture. She looked like a scared rabbit. She’d probably have a heart attack if he stayed. It would be smarter to leave and then see what she did after knowing he was in the area.
“No, but we can work with the teams.”
Rhys snorted. “You like working behind a desk?”
Jake stiffened and focused on the monitors, looking for his targets. “That isn’t the point.”
“We could do good work here too,” Rhys said.
“You mean me ,” Jake replied without looking at his friend. His leg ramped up the pain as if in protest and he gritted his teeth. “We’re going back. The team is almost finished training for the next deployment and you’re going with them. And I…I’ll do whatever needs to be done.”
Rhys sipped his coffee. “Just don’t—”
Something on the monitor caught Jake’s eye. “What the hell?”
Rhys’s feet hit the deck. “What’s up?”
Jake watched the monitor closely, following the sleek brunette coming toward them. His lips twitched when she wobbled on her spiky heels. Not practical, but they showcased some amazing legs. She carried a large tote bag. Why did women have such giant purses?
“Earth to College?” Rhys interrupted his wayward thoughts.
Jake snapped his mind into gear. There definitely weren’t distractions like this in the Hindu Kush. He pointed to the screen. “Isn’t that the new IT tech? What’s her name?” He paused as if he hadn’t memorized everything he could find in her very small file. “Danielle. Danielle Everett.”
Rhys glanced sideways at him and raised an eyebrow.
“What?” Jake asked.
Rhys didn’t bother to answer, and they watched her enter the cafe near the van’s location.
“Why would she change her clothes and come across town for coffee?” Jake asked.
Rhys sent him another sideways look. “She changed clothes?”
“She was wearing a man’s suit this morning.” Jake blanked his face while Rhys continued to watch him knowingly. “We’re trained to notice details, remember? Anyway, she had to do a task for me this morning.”
Rhys leaned back in his chair, his lips twitching. “A task?”
“What? Are you a freaking parrot today?” Jake watched Dani stroll into the coffee shop and ignored Rhys’s smirk. Once Dani was out of sight, he let out a deep breath and focused. “Something’s off,” he said.
Rhys dropped his smirk. “She got caught hacking E.D.G.E. files two days ago, and now she’s coming out of the same building we’re staking out?” He shook his head. “That doesn’t look good. We should call it in.”
Jake agreed, but paused a moment. “She’ll most likely be fired if we do.” He wasn’t sure why that bothered him, but the image of her in the gym yesterday morning popped into his mind. She’d been worried about something, and that had been before she’d gotten into the office. “Wait out on this one, Lucky. I want to see how it plays.”
Rhys studied his face for a moment. “Roger that.”
Jake rubbed his leg. “I suddenly feel like a coffee.”
Rhys grinned. “Good hunting.”
As Jake entered the cafe, he stepped to the side and scanned the occupants, knowing better than to pause in a doorway silhouetted against the light. It was a diner-style cafe with creamy walls and a hardwood floor, hosting a long bar with stools, booths against the far wall and a few tables near the front.
Seven people sat in the room. Four in the booths, two separately at the bar, and one lady in a tight black suit with great legs sitting at a table by the front window.
Dani held a book in front of her face, a romance novel with some bare-chested guy in a kilt on the cover. He almost snorted. He continued to the bar as if he hadn’t seen her, and ordered a coffee from the waitress.
“To stay?” she asked, her French accent thick.
Jake thought about it. From the corner of his eye he could see Dani’s stiff posture. She looked like a scared rabbit. She’d probably have a heart attack if he stayed. It would be smarter to leave and then see what she did after knowing he was in the area.
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