Can't Shoot Straight Gang Returns by Blaze Ward
Author:Blaze Ward [Ward, Blaze]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knotted Road Press
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Rob leaned back with his coffee mug in one hand and smiled at the afternoon sunlight streaming in from the patio. Life was good.
Longbow seemed to agree. They toasted silently with coffee mugs as the others filtered in from elsewhere.
âVishnu, do I end up looking like that?â Jorge asked the room as he sat at the head of the table with a martini glass in hand. âAfter a night of excellence?â
âLike those two?â Roxy asked. âYes. Frequently. But both those boys look like they got their coals thoroughly raked last night. Am I right?â
Rob just smiled at her. Felt Longbow do the same.
âJorge, youâre like that all the time,â Roxy interjected. âGood for you to see what the rest of us have to suffer through.â
Jorge harrumphed sourly, but didnât offer any more commentary. His exploits in the bedroom were legion and legendary.
âNigel, where are we?â Jorge asked instead as the cowboy made his way into the room.
Rob noted that the dude was carrying some sort of personal-scale scanner today, one that played both white noise and quiet, instrumental music in the background as he walked all the way around the room. The doors were all closed, but the curtains were open.
It was weird, being on the top floor of a tall building that only stuck one story above ground. At least triple-thick windows kept the temperature nominal in here.
âSo far, so good,â Nigel replied. âNo bugs. You bribed the maid with enough money and threats that nobody has been able to outbid her.â
âYeah, but thatâs likely to change when we get down to end-game,â Jorge snapped. âCalculations change.â
âAre we?â Roxy asked. âGetting to end-game?â
âMaybe,â Jorge sipped at his endless martini and watched Rob and Levi with near-disgust on his face, mixed with grudging jealousy. âHad long talks with both of the captains Handsome invited last night. Got some of what I needed to know from Nakano. Handsome, did you managed to gain any useful intelligence while you were interrogating that midget chick?â
âSheâs not a midget, Jorge,â Rob smiled serenely at the man. âMight be able to outlift Mrs. Jones, if we wanted to stage a competition. She had needs, and I provided a useful outlet.â
âNo, I did not want to hear the gory details,â Jorge growled. âYes or no?â
âShe wonât confirm anything except Bergier, but I got the impression that Black Aurora was more likely the Syndicate than Ahearn & Toledanoi,â Rob answered. âTheyâve managed to keep that secret from everyone around here.â
âYes,â Jorge agreed. âNakano danced around the topic as well. Iâd hate to try to hire the man to attack his own base. Not even pirates are usually that crazy. But weâre also not under the gun for time here, like we were before. Longbow, where are you at with our overarching distraction?â
Rob liked the way Leviâs eyes lit up. He wasnât sure heâd seen the man actually happy. Like, ever. Always either totally locked in on his mission, or melancholy about things he never mentioned.
Today, the man positively glowed.
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