Double Down by Lisa Phillips

Author:Lisa Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Two Dogs Publishing, LLC.

Adrian flashed his badge to the security guards in the lobby of the DC FBI office. Then he turned to Megan, and waited.

She pulled the badge from her back pocket and handed it over.

The guard logged her name and other details and then passed it back. Access badges were given. So much procedure. But it kept them safe.

They made their way through security after a few minutes. Adrian had his weapon on him, but Megan had stowed hers in the car. It definitely made it simpler not to have to go through the rigmarole of getting her things looked at.

When he caught up to her, he asked her about it.

She shrugged. “I don’t have a service weapon. Not anymore. And I’m not going to bring a Double Down gun into the FBI office.”

“I’m not complaining.” She didn’t have a service weapon? She had a badge.

What kind of agent was she?

He led her to the elevator and punched the button for the floor where his office was. She glanced over. “Didn’t you arrest Alexis during that whole thing, when Rachel was kidnapped?”

Adrian winced. “In my defense, it made sense to think she was involved. And when it became clear she wasn’t, we backed off. But we still kept her safe.” In fact, he’d been there when she had nearly been killed by Lincoln Sadler, and they’d had to take him down.

Though, Bradley—Alexis’s husband now—still looked at Adrian like the agent was going to pull out cuffs at any second. Which, of course, would result in Bradley tackling him to protect the people he loved.

Adrian respected him, and all of the team at Double Down, more than they would ever know. More than he would admit, anyway.

The elevator doors opened. He said, “It’s this way.”

“I know.” She strode out. “I remember.”

Adrian followed her, trying not to look like her entourage. “Are you going to explain that to me at some point?”

The look she sent him over her shoulder made him tense. Whatever the story was, it was huge. It had affected her career. Her life. Made her into this independent—and not really in a good way—woman who only wanted to work alone. Someone who skirted the line of legality, and got the result her way.

He nodded to a few of his coworkers and got a couple of pointed looks in return. Yes, he was back. No, he hadn’t found Zimmerman. They probably needed a full meeting, so he could get updated and let them know what he’d learned.

Megan stopped at his boss’s office. Adrian rapped his knuckles on the door twice. Adrian reached for the handle, expecting the usual, “Come in.” But it never came.

Instead, the door opened. “That you, Meggie?”

Her face softened, and her mouth curled up into a genuine smile. “Hank.”

Adrian stared while his hard-nosed boss hugged Megan. Like she was his long-lost daughter. Or granddaughter, given both their ages.

“It’s so good to see you.”

Hank leaned back. “Sure about that?”

She laughed. “Yes, I’m telling the truth.”

“You always were a good liar.

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