Enemies Within by J. S. Chapman

Author:J. S. Chapman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: espionage, spies, action, political, cyber warfare, cyber terrorism, terrorism, technothriller
Publisher: Weatherly Books
Published: 2020-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

18

Georgetown, Washington D. C.

Monday, August 11

LIZ HAD PROSTITUTED herself with two men. She couldn’t wash off the filth from her last encounter with Brandon. But now he had pimped her to the man she was seeing on a regular basis. Oddly, it came as payment due. It had been her destiny, and she accepted it as a child accepts carrots, disliking the taste or the texture, but licking the last chunks from the spoon because Daddy ordered her to.

In many ways, it had been preordained that she and Senator Wallace Reed should become an item. Surely not as a couple, since he was already married. Or an affair of the heart, even if she was attracted to him, and he to her, though to a lesser degree. More than once, he expressed an abiding love for his wife and family, implying he would never do anything to jeopardize his marriage. Theirs was a business arrangement with appointments to keep and discretion to observe. At least, she thought, he wasn’t gross or kinky or mean or sadistic. When he came into her bed, he did it with lovingness. Not with the sweating, grunting, fumbling insistence of Brandon, but with a slow rise to perfection, a magnificence in the joining, and a caring in the aftermath.

His head lay between her breasts while his hand idly traced the slopes of her body. “Know where Coyote is?”

He arrived at her apartment gripping a bouquet of flowers, almost shy at what they had embarked on. It was both an apology and a thank you note wrapped in plastic. As they had on previous occasions, they got down to business without any of the usual small talk, merely removed their clothes like a tedious exercise and hopped into bed.

“We think he’s in the Cayman Islands.”

“Why? What’s there?”

“The embezzled money.”

It seemed to solidify something in his mind. “Right. The money.”

She had no idea what Jack was up to, and didn’t care, that’s what she told herself. “Why do you ask?”

“I’d like to talk to him.”

There was only one reason a man in Reed’s position wanted to connect with Jack Coyote. Or maybe two. “And you think I can arrange it.”

“You cared for him once.” Reed lifted his head, his eyes piercing hers with jealousy. “Maybe still do.”

She could lie to him, but she couldn’t lie to herself. What existed between her and Jack would never be over.

“If he gets in touch with you, tell him. He knows something. More than this Spinnaker thing. I want to know what it is.” His eyes were flinty, his jaw tense. The request wasn’t trifling. He was serious.

She knew what he was after. He was looking for a political cudgel he could hold over others, and believed Jack could give it to him.

“I met him, you know. The night you stood me up. That’s why you stood me up. You knew he’d be there.”

She turned her head away. She didn’t want to look into his eyes. Or let him look into hers.

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