Athena Force 3: Exposed by Katherine Garbera

Author:Katherine Garbera [Garbera, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Silhouette Bombshell
Published: 2004-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-four hours later Tory was in Miami International Airport, waiting for her commercial flight to Manhattan. She hadn’t seen Ben or Tom since they’d parted company at the military base a mere four hours ago.

She’d stopped at the local affiliate station and sent her boss, Tyson Bedders, a few clips from the interview so they could start running promo spots. He was saving the opening slot on the evening news for her story. She told him her footage might be rough, but hopefully she’d have time in the edit bay to work on the piece.

Her flight to New York was a direct one and she knew she’d be cutting it close to the wire, but that was okay. This was the kind of excitement she thrived on. Not getting shot at or trekking through the jungle.

It felt so weird to be wearing new clothing and sitting in an air-conditioned airport terminal after all she’d just experienced. She couldn’t wait to get home.

Yet at the same time she was a little nervous about the conversation she needed to have with Perry. Though she and Ben probably wouldn’t see each other again, she knew it was time to end things with her producer and lover.

She had avoided calling him because she knew he’d be able to read in her voice that something wasn’t right. And she didn’t want to have that conversation while he was in one city and she in another. But the past few days had made a few things crystal clear to her, and one of them was that her relationship with Perry was a shield she used.

She hadn’t seen or heard anything from Shannon Conner, which was suspicious. Tory hoped nothing had happened to Shannon, but breathed a sigh of relief that the other woman wasn’t around.

Tory knew there would be hell to pay if her family found out she’d been in Florida and hadn’t contacted any of them. She dialed Derrick’s number. Her sister-in-law, Marie, answered. Tory liked Marie. She’d been a grade-school teacher before marrying Tory’s DEA brother. Now Marie stayed at home raising their twin boys and younger daughter, all of whom showed every sign of following in their hellion father’s footsteps.

“Hey, it’s Tory. I’m on a layover at the airport.” Tory heard nothing but quiet in the background. Since it was a Monday morning, her nephews and niece were probably at school. The boys, Harry and Joe, were nine, and little Angela was six. They were full of energy and were as curious as Tory ever was. She adored being their aunt and spoiling them.

“How long do you have?” Marie asked. “I can drive down and have a cup of coffee with you.”

“I don’t have enough time—just an hour.”

“Timed it perfectly, huh? Well, Derrick’s at work so you won’t have to talk to him,” Marie said with a laugh.

“Actually I wanted to ask him some questions about the coca-leaf farmers in Puerto Isla.”

“I can have him call you when he gets home.”

“Good idea. Give those rascal nephews and little angel niece of mine a kiss for me.

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