Colby Agency 23 - Raw Talent by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Harlequin Romance, Intrigue
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-05-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

It was almost dawn. In her office, Victoria stood at the window that overlooked the city she loved. She hadn’t been able to sleep. Some part of her, that instinctive part that had kept her awake so many nights after she lost her son, warned that whatever was happening in Mexico was getting worse instead of better.

A.J. had left more than forty-eight hours ago and still there was no word from him. Amy Calhoun had followed twenty-four hours later. Sloan and Rachel were still away and no one appeared to have any idea where.

This was very wrong.

Something well beyond Gabrielle Jordan’s need for revenge.

The telephone on her desk rang. Victoria turned to verify that it was her private line. It would be Lucas. No one else used that number. Well, except for Jim or Tasha, and it was far too early for a call from either of them.

Unless there was a problem with the baby.

A new kind of fear rushed through Victoria’s heart as she hurried to grab the receiver.

Tasha was only a few months along but each trimester in a pregnancy carried its own set of risks and difficulties.

“Victoria Colby-Camp,” she said, her voice breathless.

“I do love to hear you say that.”

Lucas.

Relief whirred along her nerve endings. “Lucas, you’re calling awfully early.” That meant that he knew she wasn’t at home in bed as she should be. He worried that she worked too hard. As if he had any room to talk.

“And you’re at the office rather early,” he countered gently.

The fact that she missed him immensely could very well be part of the reason she couldn’t sleep. Whenever he went back to D.C. to advise on a situation, she felt completely out of sorts.

“I miss you,” she admitted, partly because it was true and partly because she wanted to shift the focus from her to him. “Will you be back this week as planned?”

He sighed. Not a good sign.

“It’s looking like next week. Do I need to cut it short? Tell them they’ll have to do this without me?”

Victoria smiled. He would do that, too. Lucas would lay down his life for her, here and now if she asked him to. He would gladly come home early and never regret the decision or question her reasons if she asked him to. He was truly one of a kind.

“No. No. I’ll be fine.”

“Still no word from Sloan, I take it,” he guessed.

“Nothing. I’m concerned, Lucas. This feels very wrong somehow. Very, very wrong.”

“Braddock is a good man, Victoria. He can handle Gabrielle.”

He was right. She had no doubt about A.J.’s ability to get the job done. It was that nagging feeling that this was bigger than Gabrielle…far bigger than they knew…that bothered her.

“Do me a favor, my dear,” Lucas urged.

Another smile tilted her lips. “Yes.” She knew what he would say even before he uttered the words. Please take care of yourself…you know I couldn’t live without you.

“This case is personal to you. I know you’re worried. But, please take care of yourself…you know I couldn’t live without you.

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