All the Queens Men by Lena Hart

Author:Lena Hart [Hart, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maroon Ash Publishing

7

“You’d better have a good-God-damn reason for waking me up this early.”

Carlos shouldered past his sleepy-eyed cousin and went into the apartment. From the look of his half-dressed state, it was clear he’d just gotten out of bed.

“Sorry to disturb your beauty sleep, Pretty Boy,” Carlos said, “but I need a favor.”

Tristan followed him into the living room, rubbing a hand over his tired but still-too-handsome face. Growing up, Carlos had found it amusing how his cousin had managed to attract women of all ages. He’d even been a little envious of him. But now, it was something their family would tease Tristan mercilessly about.

“Carlos, man, it’s too early for this shit.”

“It’s eight in the morning,” Carlos reminded him as he took a seat in the corner of the long sofa. “Did you plan to sleep the day away?”

Tristan fell into the single chair, his dark brows pulled together fiercely over his light brown eyes. “When I get to keep cushy office hours like you then I won’t complain.”

Carlos grunted in sympathy. Tristan was an ex-cop turned bounty hunter, though he liked to refer to himself as a Fugitive Recovery Agent, and sometimes Carlos forgot that meant keeping late hours.

“When did you get in last night?”

Tristan leaned back in his seat with a heavy sigh. “Daylight was just coming up when I got into bed.”

“Sorry man,” Carlos said with genuine regret. He could just imagine what his cousin’s night had been like, when he’d spent the most remarkable night with the woman of his dreams. Even now, it was hard not to think about her. It had been tough leaving her this morning. Carlos wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of the day in bed. He smiled at the thought. Maybe he could convince her to go away with him this weekend to his uncle’s ranch house in the desert.

Tristan sighed again. “Don’t be sorry. Just tell me what’s so important you couldn’t call first.”

Carlos pulled out the small bag containing the flash drive and placed it on the center table. “I need a favor.”

Tristan looked at the small bag and back at him. “Of course you need a favor. Do I even want to know what’s on there?”

Carlos shook his head. “Doesn’t matter, it’s been stripped. I need your help finding out who this came from.” He quickly filled his cousin in on Monday night’s incident with the intruder. All he wanted was a name and he was hoping his cousin could use whatever connections he had left to get that for him. “And it would be nice if you could put a rush on it,” Carlos concluded. “We’d really like to figure who this was.”

“I may have to give out a few favors to get this done,” Tristan mumbled, picking up the small bag.

“I’m sure if you used some of your charm, you won’t have any problems getting this to me in no time,” Carlos said, not at all concerned with his cousin’s protest. Tristan had been using his looks to get what he wanted for as long as Carlos could remember.

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