Deuces Wild (Gemini Project Book 3) by Bianca D'Arc

Author:Bianca D'Arc [D'Arc, Bianca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance
Publisher: Hawk Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-12-02T18:30:00+00:00

Sam Kinkaid remembered Marlon and greeted him warmly, introducing him to the rest of the party. There was a senator and a deputy director of one of the government agencies responsible for military procurement, both from California. The senator had been recently appointed, when his predecessor died in office. That had raised more than a few eyebrows, since the death occurred under mysterious circumstances, while he’d been at home, during a break. Rumors had flown but had come to nothing.

Then, Bob Frowith, the replacement, had been appointed, with little to no government experience. He’d been a friend of the governor’s, supposedly, and had parlayed that friendship into the appointment, with the hopes that when they held the next election, he’d be able to hang onto the seat.

The fact that Frowith seemed to have a longstanding prior acquaintance with the deputy director—a man named Vargas Slatharn—was somewhat suspicious to Marlon, though it could have been explained easily enough by their both being from the same region of California. Perhaps they had crossed paths in political circles.

Marlon tried to find out more about their relationship as they played, but he had to be circumspect with his questions, lest he raise suspicion. Kinkaid was cagey, seeming to watch everyone like some sort of jungle cat eyeing his prey as they played each hole. Marlon wasn’t really sure if it was just Kinkaid’s nature to be competitive, or if he was watching everyone so closely because he had suspicions of his own. Either way, he was a cool customer. Marlon only noticed his intense scrutiny because Marlon was doing the same. He doubted whether the political men realized they were being observed and evaluated.

Admiral Morrow was another story. Cagey didn’t begin to describe him. He was downright spooky. He was pleasant enough and played a mean round of golf, but he kept his conversation to light topics, never giving away any information—even when questioned directly. He simply deflected the random inappropriate inquiries and turned the conversation back to safer topics.

The fact that these government officials would go so far as to try to get the admiral to talk about things that should only be discussed in closed committee rooms was a bit shocking to Marlon. He supposed he could attribute the senator’s indiscretion to the fact that he was new and not very experienced in the political process. The deputy director, however, should have known better.

Marlon tucked his observations away. He would be filing his report soon, and he’d be sure to document this conversation as completely as possible. Unless, of course, the admiral ordered him not to, for some reason.

This whole situation was strange. Was the admiral hoping to use Marlon and Jeff as witnesses to the fact that the two politicians were asking things they shouldn’t be asking? Or was there some deeper game going on here?

Marlon consulted with Jeff throughout the game, filling his partner in on the irregularities and getting his opinions. Jeff was swimming, as advertised, so he had plenty of time to talk while he did laps.

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