Agent by Her Side by Deborah Fletcher Mello

Author:Deborah Fletcher Mello
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-07-13T15:53:23+00:00

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Hours later Alfie was down for the night and he and Kiely were enjoying cups of hot chocolate laced with bourbon and the white chocolate cranberry cookies she and Alfie had made. This was quickly becoming his favorite time of day, when he and Kiely sat side by side, their conversation easy. Sometimes they talked and sometimes they didn’t. This night Kiely was scrolling through her iPad reading recipes while he watched some Jimmy Kimmel special on the television.

“I had a good conversation with Tripp,” Cooper said, when she finally laid the iPad down.

“That’s good.”

“The case is...”

“Let’s not talk about the case. Not tonight. We’ve been working the case all day and I need to take a step back from it. Please.”

Cooper met the look she was giving him with one of his own. He nodded. “That’s fine.”

“Did you take your meds?”

“No. I actually feel good. I haven’t needed a pain pill all day.”

“That’s good. You may want to take one before you go to bed to ensure you rest well.”

He shrugged. “Maybe.”

“Wanna play a game?” Kiely questioned.

Cooper grinned. “A game?”

“Twenty questions. We ask each other ten questions and each has to be answered. No shirking off an answer because you don’t like what was asked.”

Cooper eyed her curiously. His gaze narrowed just a smidge. “Why does this feel like it’s going to get me in trouble?”

“I guess that all depends on your answers,” Kiely said with a warm laugh.

He sat upright. “Okay, I’m game to play.”

“What’s your favorite color?”

“My favorite color? My favorite color is green.”

“Okay, your turn.”

“What’s your favorite color?”

“You can’t ask the same question.”

“Why not? I want to know the answer.”

“I’m going to give you this one, but don’t do it again. My favorite color is beige.”

“That’s a color?”

“Is that your next question?”

Cooper held his hands up as if he were surrendering. “Sorry about that. Your turn.”

“Name three people, living or dead, that you’d like to have dinner with if you could.”

Cooper paused, giving the question a moment of thought. “My mother, my grandmother and Midge.”

“Who’s Midge?”

“Midge was a rottweiler I had when I was a little boy. She was my best friend for many years. We did everything together.”

“Midge isn’t a person.”

“You didn’t know Midge,” he said, giving her a look.

“Okay,” Kiely giggled. “But why not Sara? Wouldn’t you want to see her again?”

“My wife?” Cooper shrugged, his gaze shifting off into the distance as he pondered the question. He turned his eyes back to her as he spoke. “One dinner wouldn’t be enough time to apologize to her for being a crappy husband. It wouldn’t be fair to her.” He dropped the subject, contrition cloaking his expression. “Your turn,” he said. “Who was the first boy you ever kissed?”

Amusement crossed Kiely’s face. “His name was Steven. I don’t remember his last name. We were in the third grade and he kissed me one day on the playground.”

“What did you do?”

“I told my brother Riley and Riley punched him in the face.”

“Ouch!”

“It wasn’t pretty,” she responded.

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