38 Operation: Forbidden by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Suspense
ISBN: 9780373277179
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2010-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

“Hey,” Nike Alexander called, sticking her head inside Emma’s tent, “how are you?”

Emma was just easing her flight boots off her feet when her best friend slipped through the tent flaps. “Hey, Nike. Good to see you.”

“Girlfriend,” Nike murmured, putting her hands on her hips and studying her, “you look like hell warmed over. Bad flight back from Zor Barawul?”

Sighing, Emma gestured to the chair next to her cot. “Have a seat,” she said. After she kicked her boots beneath the cot, she got up and tied the tent flaps together. She’d just arrived back to Bravo an hour earlier. It was cold, nearly freezing outdoors. As soon as Emma had got in her tent, she’d turned on the space heater to warm it up.

Nike put her helmet bag next to the chair and sat down.

Emma poured herself some water. “Want some?”

“Yes, thanks. We forget we’re in a desert, and none of us drinks enough to stay properly hydrated,” Nike said.

Emma poured a second glass and handed it to the Greek pilot. “You look like you saw some action. There was a lot of chatter on the channel as I was flying back.”

“Yeah,” Nike said, drinking the water in gulps. “The crap hit the fan over near the border about three miles west of Do Bandi.” Nike gave her an evil grin. “We creamed about fifty Taliban who thought they could sneak across the valley in the dark.”

“Wow,” Emma murmured, “that’s good.”

“Fifty that won’t be harassing those poor Afghan villagers in that area,” Nike said. She placed the emptied glass on a table next to where she sat.

“Yes, and Do Bandi is one of the villages we’re working in to bring education to the children,” Emma said, worried. She sat down on the cot next to her friend.

“So, what’s with you? Catching the flu? Rough flight back? Get shot at?”

Mouth quirking, Emma growled, “I wish it was one of those things.”

“Uh-oh,” Nike said, grinning. “Man trouble.”

“It’s Khalid.”

“Yeah, remarkable dude, isn’t he? A stud. If I didn’t love my guy like I do, I’d sure consider chasing him myself,” she chuckled.

Emma searched her friend’s face. “From the moment I saw him, I felt my heart twang like a harp. I fought it, Nike. I put up good reasons not to even think about being with this guy.”

“But?”

“We were in the cockpit at dusk tonight. He came and sat down in the copilot’s seat and started reading Rumi’s love poems to me.”

“How sweet!” Nike got excited. “Emma, that’s wonderful! How many American guys would think of doing that?”

“Oh, you would react that way, Nike. Dammit! I need a little pity here, okay?”

Nike chuckled darkly. “What’s standing in your way, Emma? You’re not attached. And if you like him, what’s the problem?”

Emma told her. She saw Nike lose some of her ebullience over the event.

“Oh yeah, I forgot about that. He is your boss, after all. And Brody Parker led you on and then crushed your heart. He was a sonofabitch.”

“I really hurt Khalid’s feelings tonight.

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