Dutch and Gina: After the Fall by Mallory Monroe

Author:Mallory Monroe [Monroe, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780615604244
Google: YXZcLwEACAAJ
Amazon: B0078V90PA
Publisher: Austin Brook Publishing
Published: 2012-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

He looked at Gina. “Why would I want to meet with that bitch?” he asked her.

Crader almost smiled. Liz had apparently done something to disappoint the big man. About time.

Gina, however, was looking at the big picture.

“What if she has news about Jed Brightman and Shelly Pra and whatever they’re up to? You said yourself they think they have the goods on you.”

Dutch smiled at Gina’s phrasing. But then he thought about what she had said. He stood up. “Put on your clothes,” he said. “I want you with me.” Then he turned to Crader. “Clear the suite,” he ordered.

“Yes, sir,” Crader replied and left the room.

“Yes, sir,” Crader replied and left the room.

By the me Gina was dressed and she and Dutch were entering the living area, the once bustling hotel suite was now cleared of aides and staffers. Liz Sinclair was the lone person in the room, seated like a sophis cated lady in a business suit. She even stood when she saw the president, revealing legs far longer and shapelier than Gina’s.

“What do you want?” Dutch asked her without any pretense at niceties.

Liz hated what had happened last night, and had wanted to explain herself to him. With Gina injec ng herself into this mee ng, however, it seemed highly unlikely that she would ever get the chance.

“Good morning,” she said to the president, a emp ng to smile off her embarrassment of the night before, a emp ng to behave as if they were s ll on speaking terms.

“ Tell me what you want before I toss you out of here,” Dutch said to her, making certain just how undeniably the terms had changed.

Liz had decided to get on with it too. She did have what was le of her pride to think about, a er all.

“ The Speaker and the Vice President have discovered a woman from your past,” she said bluntly.

Gina braced herself, wondering what woman could they have cooked up this me. Dutch stared at Liz, wondering if this was another one of her games.

“What woman?” he asked her.

“Samantha Redding,” Liz said and looked intensely at Dutch for his reaction. He revealed nothing.

It was Gina who asked the follow-up ques on.

“What about her?” she asked.

Liz, however, kept her eyes on Dutch. “ They know about your daughter,” she said to him.

Gina’s heart pounded. She glanced at Dutch, but Dutch con nued to stare at Liz as if he was researching the Rolodex of his mind for some sort of informa on.

She looked again at Liz. “What . . . daughter? Dutch doesn’t have a daughter.”

“Actually, he does,” Liz said as if it pleased her to prove that wife of his wrong. “ They’re wai ng for the DNA confirma on before they go public, but they’re already certain. She’s said to be the spi ng image of Dutch. The black version of him, is how they put it.”

Gina dared not look at Dutch, not with Liz standing there so gleefully, but she did place her hand in his.

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