Covered By A Kiss_A Cover Six Security Novella by Lisa B. Kamps

Author:Lisa B. Kamps [Kamps, Lisa B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BimHaven Press
Published: 2019-01-02T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The man sat in the car and watched. He was in no danger of being seen—the car blended in with all the vehicles parked around the complex. The windows were tinted, hiding his silhouette. The rain made things challenging but cracking them two inches prevented condensation from forming. It also stopped people from hesitating and looking around. People were always so afraid of rain, afraid to get wet, afraid to take their time—or take notice of their surroundings.

But the rain—and the dark of night—were his companions. His assistants.

Comforting him. Hiding him.

The man who had accompanied the woman into her apartment was a surprise. He was unknown and, therefore, suspicious. Large. Broad. Muscular. One look had convinced him the man was former military. Possibly a police officer.

No, not a police officer. There was something too sharp and controlled about his movements, too stealthy, too aware. Military then. Maybe Special Forces. Maybe Black Ops.

And didn't that make things interesting?

No matter. He was always up for a challenge. He simply committed the truck's tag number to memory and sat back to watch. To wait.

Was the man an acquaintance? A friend? Something more? There had been no information about a boyfriend but information was only as reliable as its source—and sometimes, not even then. And his source—his client—was less reliable than he'd prefer.

Panic did that to people. Made them act before thinking. Made them take steps they wouldn't normally take if they stopped to consider the ramifications first. That was why his client found himself in such an untenable situation.

More untenable than he realized.

But the man was paid—paid very well, indeed—to act, not advise, so he would wait and watch and rely on his instinct instead of the haphazard information he'd been given.

The door of the apartment building opened and the man who had entered twenty minutes earlier walked out. He paused on the sidewalk, the frown on his scarred face visible even from this distance. He glanced around, his frown deepening for a few seconds before he shook his head then returned to his truck and climbed in.

Breath held, his body as still as a day-old corpse, the man watching didn't move. A few minutes later, the truck was gone and the man was left alone again, a nefarious sentinel hidden by night and shadow.

Should he go back inside the apartment and continue his search? No. As tempting as the challenge might be—to search while the woman slept, unaware—there was no need. He'd seen enough in the time he had already searched.

What he was looking for wasn't there, just as it hadn't been in her car.

Just as he had known it wouldn't be.

Vandalizing the car had been unnecessary but his client had insisted, certain that it would delay the woman's return to her apartment. The man had considered talking his client out of it then decided against it. His client liked being in control—even if that control was nothing more than an illusion.

A faint vibration came from his pocket, the movement lasting no more than a second.

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