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meet her. “That’s fine. I’ll be here Tuesday and Thursday morning. In the meantime, if anything comes up you think I need to know about, send a note to Brena and she’ll let me know. If I hear from you, I’ll be here the next morning at 5:30.”
“The next morning won’t do if it’s urgent. There needs to be someone here, someone who can act immediately. After all, a few hours can make a huge difference in a case like this. Do you have someone here I can count on?”
“Not yet.”
“Why not? You have a key. You should have taken care of that yesterday.” Janine shook her head in disgust. “If I can’t count on you, I’ll just have to figure out a way to handle this on my own.”
“No need for that, Sister. I assure you. If you need me, I’ll be here as soon as I get the message. Just wait for me to get here.”
“If I have an emergency, there may not be time to send a message to Brena and wait for her to send it to you. And just how do you expect to handle it if you don’t have people already here? Do you even have a plan?”
Kevin frowned. Theresa was right. This woman was dangerous. If he didn’t play things just right, he could have a full-scale disaster on his hands. “Sister, I don’t think we should discuss things like that out here in the open. Let’s just say if you call, we’ll come, and by we, I mean me and anyone else I need to handle the situation. Can we leave it at that?”
Janine glared at Kevin. “I guess we’ll have to since I can’t seem to get a straight answer out of you. Just keep in mind that I am not a patient woman, and I will not stand by and let anything happen to those people, agreements or not. Do you understand me?”
Kevin’s frown deepened, but he nodded. He put his hand on Alek’s arm and they left Glenarbour.
~ ~ ~ ~
As soon as Kevin and Alek were back in Kevin’s office, he asked, “What happened last night?”
Alek looked puzzled. “Nothing that I know of. Why?”
“Sister Janine was fine when I met her last night. Today …,” Kevin shook his head. “What made her change like that?”
“I’m sorry, but I didn’t notice any difference. She seemed exactly the same to me this morning as she did last night.”
“Are you serious?”
Alek nodded.
“Somehow I missed it last night.”
“I don’t think you were around long enough to pick up on it. I don’t mean to speak ill of a sister, but I’m glad she works in Ashmont, not Milhaven.”
Kevin nodded as he sat down behind his desk. “I have a feeling you had a long night last night. Are you sure you don’t mind going back tonight?”
“Not at all. I’m sure tonight will be a bit more pleasant than last night.”
“Let me ask you one more question, and then you need to get some sleep.”
Alek nodded.
“Did you have an ulterior motive for sending Marcus off to bed this morning?”
“I thought it best he get some rest. We had a pretty long night.”
“What happened?”
“Nothing happened.”
“Uh-huh. Try again,” Kevin said.
“Let’s just say I was afraid that, in his exhausted state, Marcus might say something he’d regret later.”
“Such as?”
“I really don’t know, sir.”
“All right. You’re off the hook. I’ll ask Marcus.”
“Honest, nothing happened. Sister Janine just expressed some doubts about our ability to handle the situation and I think Marcus was starting to take her comments personally.”
“Was she talking about our ability in general, as in the army, the governor’s office, and this office? Or a certain sorcerer in particular?”
“Well, her comments at the time were directed mainly towards sorcerers.”
Kevin nodded. “Thank you, Alek. Go get some sleep. If I need you to go back this evening, I’ll send someone to let you know.”
After Alek left the office, Chris walked in and sat down. “Is Sister Janine safely ensconced in Glenarbour?”
Kevin told him about his impressions of Janine and his concerns.
“Do we need to
“The next morning won’t do if it’s urgent. There needs to be someone here, someone who can act immediately. After all, a few hours can make a huge difference in a case like this. Do you have someone here I can count on?”
“Not yet.”
“Why not? You have a key. You should have taken care of that yesterday.” Janine shook her head in disgust. “If I can’t count on you, I’ll just have to figure out a way to handle this on my own.”
“No need for that, Sister. I assure you. If you need me, I’ll be here as soon as I get the message. Just wait for me to get here.”
“If I have an emergency, there may not be time to send a message to Brena and wait for her to send it to you. And just how do you expect to handle it if you don’t have people already here? Do you even have a plan?”
Kevin frowned. Theresa was right. This woman was dangerous. If he didn’t play things just right, he could have a full-scale disaster on his hands. “Sister, I don’t think we should discuss things like that out here in the open. Let’s just say if you call, we’ll come, and by we, I mean me and anyone else I need to handle the situation. Can we leave it at that?”
Janine glared at Kevin. “I guess we’ll have to since I can’t seem to get a straight answer out of you. Just keep in mind that I am not a patient woman, and I will not stand by and let anything happen to those people, agreements or not. Do you understand me?”
Kevin’s frown deepened, but he nodded. He put his hand on Alek’s arm and they left Glenarbour.
~ ~ ~ ~
As soon as Kevin and Alek were back in Kevin’s office, he asked, “What happened last night?”
Alek looked puzzled. “Nothing that I know of. Why?”
“Sister Janine was fine when I met her last night. Today …,” Kevin shook his head. “What made her change like that?”
“I’m sorry, but I didn’t notice any difference. She seemed exactly the same to me this morning as she did last night.”
“Are you serious?”
Alek nodded.
“Somehow I missed it last night.”
“I don’t think you were around long enough to pick up on it. I don’t mean to speak ill of a sister, but I’m glad she works in Ashmont, not Milhaven.”
Kevin nodded as he sat down behind his desk. “I have a feeling you had a long night last night. Are you sure you don’t mind going back tonight?”
“Not at all. I’m sure tonight will be a bit more pleasant than last night.”
“Let me ask you one more question, and then you need to get some sleep.”
Alek nodded.
“Did you have an ulterior motive for sending Marcus off to bed this morning?”
“I thought it best he get some rest. We had a pretty long night.”
“What happened?”
“Nothing happened.”
“Uh-huh. Try again,” Kevin said.
“Let’s just say I was afraid that, in his exhausted state, Marcus might say something he’d regret later.”
“Such as?”
“I really don’t know, sir.”
“All right. You’re off the hook. I’ll ask Marcus.”
“Honest, nothing happened. Sister Janine just expressed some doubts about our ability to handle the situation and I think Marcus was starting to take her comments personally.”
“Was she talking about our ability in general, as in the army, the governor’s office, and this office? Or a certain sorcerer in particular?”
“Well, her comments at the time were directed mainly towards sorcerers.”
Kevin nodded. “Thank you, Alek. Go get some sleep. If I need you to go back this evening, I’ll send someone to let you know.”
After Alek left the office, Chris walked in and sat down. “Is Sister Janine safely ensconced in Glenarbour?”
Kevin told him about his impressions of Janine and his concerns.
“Do we need to
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