06 Double Danger by Dee Davis

Author:Dee Davis [Davis, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction / Romance - General, Fiction / Romance - Suspense, Fiction / Romance - Contemporary
ISBN: 9781455517589
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2012-12-17T22:00:00+00:00

The warehouse was at the end of a rutted road on a man-made peninsula lined with similar buildings, all of them in disrepair. Simon drove slowly, he and J.J. keeping their eyes peeled for any sign of activity, but the place remained eerily quiet, the harbor glistening gray in the fading twilight.

“Looks deserted,” J.J. said, putting voice to Simon’s thoughts.

“All the better for us to get in and out and find something to lead us to Joseph Isaacs and the people he’s been working with.”

“I don’t know. It just feels too quiet, if that makes any sense.”

“It does. Especially considering the reception we’ve gotten the last two times we’ve followed a lead. But the only prayer we have of catching these people is to keep pushing.”

“And when they push back?”

“We push that much harder. I know it’s tough, and I wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to call it quits. Especially considering everything that’s happened.” He held his breath, not really certain what answer he was looking for. But if he’d thought about it, he’d have known there was only one possibility. This was J.J. after all.

“I’m here for the duration,” J.J. responded, her chin shooting up, the motion a sure sign that he’d angered her. “I knew when I went to work for Homeland Security that it was possible I’d wind up in dangerous situations. I just didn’t expect it to be like this.” She paused, clearly considering her words. “You know, here—”

“With me?” he finished for her. “I know. And I know it’s hard.”

“But we’re both professionals, so we’ll get through it.”

Simon’s guilt surfaced again. What the hell was he thinking? There’s no way she would ever have voluntarily agreed to partner with him. Let alone pick up where they’d left off ten years ago, before she and Ryan… he let the thought drop. As much as he wished he could turn back time, handle decisions he’d made differently, it wasn’t possible.

His mother hadn’t been a model parent, but in rare moments of lucidity, she’d always said that a person made his or her own bed, and that there was no changing it after the fact. At least in this one thing, she’d been right. And besides, even in better times, he’d never been the man J.J. had wanted. It had always been Ryan.

And Simon had never been the kind of man to settle for being second-best.

He pulled the SUV into the shadow of the building across from the warehouse and turned off the motor.

“So how do you want to handle this?” she asked, her mind clearly back on business. “Do you want to wait for backup?”

“Doesn’t seem necessary,” Simon said, getting out of the SUV and pulling his weapon. “Like you said, the place seems to be deserted. But if you want, I can go ahead and scout it out while you check in with Avery?”

“No way,” she said, as she too exited the vehicle, gun at the ready. “You’re not going in there without me.”

He smiled, thinking that she was a hell of a lot better at this kind of thing than she gave herself credit for.

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