Caught by You by Kris Rafferty

Author:Kris Rafferty
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-11-17T12:10:40+00:00

Chapter 12

Vincent donned earbuds for privacy, and speed-dialed Benton as he drove. Soon he heard the click of the connected line. “We’re on our way.”

“Don’t lose her. She’ll cut and run at first opportunity.” Benton’s tone was clipped and irritable, making Vincent wonder when the last time the team leader had slept. Like the rest of them, he’d been living off coffee and adrenaline.

“We have to drive, but you don’t. Take a flight,” Vincent said. “Grab some shut-eye. Eat something, Benton.”

“Yes, mom. Gilroy is harassing me, too, so don’t worry. I’m eating my vegetables. What about you?”

“Do I have to eat my vegetables?” Vincent smiled.

“No.” He went silent, and for a second, Vincent thought the line had disconnected. “Do I have to worry about you?”

Vincent nodded. Probably. He was getting an odd feeling about this case. “Don’t worry about me. You’re the one who’s burning out. You should have taken time off before jumping back into the game, Benton. Did you even debrief with the Special Agent in Charge?” Vincent knew what Benton had sacrificed to spend a year inside the Coppola syndicate, and he knew Benton closing this case was the only way the team leader felt justified for making those sacrifices.

“I wrote up my report and handed it in yesterday,” Benton said. There was a slight pause. “Listen, got to go.”

“See you in Jersey,” Vincent said.

They disconnected the line, leaving Vincent worried and tense. Worried, because after a year undercover with the Coppola Syndicate, Benton was too enmeshed in the RICO case to walk away. It was distorting his judgment, maybe making him see things not there, investing man hours chasing incriminating files that Avery said didn’t exist…and now said they did. Both assertions couldn’t be true, yet the case would succeed or fail depending on where the truth landed. He hated that level of uncertainty, especially with this shroud of secrecy Avery added with her refusal to tell him exactly where these files were. Damn, he just didn’t trust her, though he wanted to. The wanting to is what made him nervous.

He glanced at her next to him, and saw she was deep in thought, her gaze on the road. Her clothes were rumbled, and spattered with blood, as was his. He was a guy mid-op, so didn’t care, yet Avery professed a reluctance to retrieve the files. Wouldn’t she seek the delay of cleaning up, and finding replacement clothes? He was suspicious. Him and Avery seemed finally on the same page, yet it was just too good to be true.

He got onto the highway easily enough. Traffic was light. He settled in for the long drive, kicking in cruise control. He could feel her watching him, but he kept his eyes on the road, because she was giving him the vibe that she was in the mood to argue. When her fingers drummed impatiently on the console between them, he glanced at them, and sighed.

“Why do I feel sorrier for your hand than I do for

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