All of the Lights by K. Ryan

Author:K. Ryan [Ryan, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01J77ZZ2Y
Goodreads: 29275541
Published: 2016-08-21T23:00:00+00:00

THE NEXT DAY, all I have to do is just hold out for a few more minutes. At this point, I really should have this routine down, but every time I have to do it, the frustration only deepens. We've only been at this for two weeks and already, I'm just as sick of it as Jack is. I know we need to have patience, that we need to wait until an opportunity arises, but I'm tired of seeing the same song and dance over and over again.

I glance around the corner, right in position to get all the intel I need, and still nothing yet. The mayor's meeting was supposed to wrap up ten minutes ago and there's still no sign of him. So here I am, reduced to lurking in corners and spying on the one person who can bring us all down with the flick of his finger.

This entire operation is a house of cards. One wrong move and it'll tumble to the ground at a moment's notice.

That moment arrives when I come face to face with the mayor, who materializes in the wrong hallway. And by wrong hallway, I mean wrong hallway. His schedule was clear—I'd even checked it with Denise before I started my lurking—and based off the meeting he'd just left, he should've been coming from the completely opposite end of City Hall.

I'm so thrown off-kilter by this revelation that my mind just completely blanks. The mayor halts right in his tracks, his mouth hanging open a little in surprise, and his eyes narrow ever so slightly. That subtle accusation is enough to jar me back into reality and I have to plaster on a fake smile when he takes a step my way.

"Dad. Hey," I greet him.

There's really nothing I can do about how breathless my voice sounds. He's caught me literally red-handed and it's going to be all I can do to just keep from pissing my pants, let alone form a coherent sentence.

"Raena," he nods tightly and he takes another step toward me, sliding his hands in his front pockets and narrowing his eyes at me. "What brings you here today?"

"Uh," I swallow hard. Thinking on my feet and lying...those things used to come pretty naturally to me, up until now. Now, I've got nothing. "I, uh...I was just in the neighborhood and I thought I'd swing by."

He looks at me like how he might appraise a two-year-old and when he finally speaks, each word is slow and clipped. "You were just in the neighborhood."

"Yeah, uh, I told Lucy that I'd stopped by here earlier this week to see if we could get some lunch together and she thought that was a great idea. You know, because you're always so busy and I thought that maybe if you could spare a little time today or tomorrow—"

"I'm sorry," he interrupts with a wave of his hand like the motion might somehow make me disappear. "Preparing for the fundraiser gala this weekend has me swamped for the rest of the week.

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