1943837147 by Jody Klaire

Author:Jody Klaire [Klaire, Jody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction - Thriller
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing
Published: 2016-03-28T22:00:00+00:00

FREI WAS WAITING for me as I stomped inside. Her icy blue eyes were filled with concern. There was something about them that stuck out, in a good way. Folks in magazines with a lot of gizmos to help had eyes like hers.

“Are you okay?” Her first question when I got home was always how I was.

She wanted to listen, she cared.

“I feel like I just had my insides ripped out.” My chin wobbled and I sucked in the air with a shudder. I needed to forget mean people and focus on my task. We had kids to get out of there. “Owens is going to abduct Kevin and Miranda.”

Frei raised her white blonde eyebrows. I wasn’t quite sure if it was because I was stood staring at her, if I looked set to dissolve into tears any second, or my nugget of information.

“She’s a jerk, Aeron. Let her cool off.” Frei pulled a carton of ice cream and a spoon from behind her back. “Might help with the hurt.”

“Doubt it. Not unless I can throw it at her.” I rubbed a trembling hand over my face. “She’s being fooled, again, and she’s oblivious.”

I shook my head at how blind she was being. “I told her Owens was after the POIs and she told me I was jealous . . .” I huffed out a breath. “Jealous of what?”

I wandered over to the sofa and slumped down. “Then, she got nasty. Like Sam did. I can’t figure out why I made her hate me so bad.”

“You haven’t done anything.” Frei sat in her chair and held out the spoon and carton. “Her issues go deeper than you. You’re close to her. Maybe she didn’t know about Owens.” She blew out her own breath. “Renee’s ego is a force to be reckoned with.”

So I’d stuck her nose out of joint by doing my job. “How so?” I took the ice cream and spoon with a mumbled, “Thanks.”

Frei relaxed back in her chair. I noticed she too had a carton of ice cream and spoon on her side table. “Renee is a product of an elitist upbringing. She was spoiled. The daughter of a national hero who had looks, brains, and charm.” Frei smiled, a wry smile. “She’s matured a lot, her heart is good.” She shoved her spoon in her carton. “Sometimes she’s still a snobby smart-ass.”

“Sounds like she was a pain when you met her.” I shoveled a spoonful of ice cream into my mouth. Groaning, I relaxed back into the sofa.

Cookie flavor.

Frei chuckled. “Let’s just say that I once told her the POI she was protecting was the Unsub. She was convinced Lilia had seen this POI. She saw facts, figures, in simple black and white.” Frei let out a groan of delight herself. “I was just a two-bit thief who wasn’t worth listening to.”

“But?” I opened my eyes.

Frei stared into her carton. “She was lucky I got her out.”

I leaned forward. “But I thought you said that she rescued you?”

Frei nodded.

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