Extrasensory (The Phoenix Agency Book 2) by Desiree Holt

Author:Desiree Holt [Holt, Desiree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Once again, the atmosphere in the Carpenter Techtronics conference room was hostile and edgy. Except for Ladd Tolbert, who was always a quiet presence, Dan thought everyone at the table looked like candidates for caffeine rehab.

Chase, dressed in hastily donned jeans and a carpenter T-shirt, was pacing as usual. His hair was rumpled from raking his fingers through it, and a muscle jumped constantly in his cheek. Jittery would have been too mild an adjective.

Lady Joy, as Dan had taken to calling her, was perfectly put together in a hot pink pants suit, not a hair or smidgen of makeup out of place. But in contrast to her angelic appearance, her entire contribution so far had been to repeat frequently, “Oh, Chase, for Christ’s sake, sit down. You’re making me dizzy.”

Ladd, dressed in his customary three-piece dark-gray suit, sat at one end of the table, trying to calm Lucas, who was ranting and raving about media coverage, loss of contracts, and why the hell did Dan wake them up at some god-awful hour to find out whether they were alive or dead?

“Please don’t tell me your little psycho told you someone was after us.” Lucas twisted his lips in a grimace. “Enough is enough.”

Dan thanked his marine training for allowing him to hold on to his temper. “As it turns out, fortunately none of you were shot. But a body’s turned up that may be connected to the car bombing.”

Chase stopped his pacing. “What do you mean? Whose body? What does he have to do with us?”

“I’m going to let Mark give you all the details as soon as he gets here. He talked to his contact at the SAPD and got all the information they had. But make no mistake. Mia got sent a clear message, and I’d have been remiss if I didn’t check on everyone’s safety.”

“Are we supposed to wait around all day for Mark?” Joy demanded. “Exactly when will he be here?”

“Right now.” Mark walked into the room accompanied by another man and moved to one side of the table. “This is Rick Latrobe,” he said, and the man with him gave a brief nod. “Another one of the Phoenix partners. He’ll be participating in the process, too.”

“I’m glad to see you’re bringing in more help,” Lucas said. “Oscar’s well-being is primary. And we can’t have people running around trying to steal him or disrupt Friday’s presentation in any other way. We have big bucks riding on this.”

“What’s this rumor about a body?” Ladd asked. “And what does it have to do with us?”

“It’s no rumor,” Mark answered. He gave them a concise report on Nate Wilson, his history, and the discovery of his body. “The police are convinced someone hired him to blow up Mia’s car, preferably with her in it. Someone who doesn’t want any more of her visions involved in this situation.”

“It seems a somewhat stupid thing to do,” Dan commented. “If everyone looks at her visions with such skepticism, putting her in the spotlight like this defeats the purpose of negating her.

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