Fire Born by Christina Moore

Author:Christina Moore [Moore, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Room Press
Published: 2013-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Nine

After putting themselves back together, Chris and Martie took turns in the bathroom washing up. She then went into the office while he headed out into the lounge. Her excuse was that she really needed to get back to work, but in truth she wasn’t sure she could face the other men in his platoon so soon after having sex with their boss just a few rooms away.

When she sat down to check her messages, she found she had one from Graham. He’d read her preliminary report and wanted her to bring the evidence into Billings right away. She’d figured he would. Martie knew that time was of the essence—what she had might not tell them who had started the fire, but it would certainly tell them how.

First, she wanted to finish translating her interviews. Making use of the typing skills she’d learned in school, her 120 words per minute speed helped her make quick work of the task. She’d been at it about an hour before Chris came in, this time knocking on the door before stepping over the threshold.

“Thought I’d do the polite thing,” he said with a grin when she turned a raised eyebrow his way.

Martie snorted as she pressed the stop button on her recorder. “Sure you weren’t hoping to catch me with my pants down again?” she said flippantly.

“Nah. I’d rather just take them off myself,” he returned, moving to rest a hip on the edge of the desk. “Speaking of, though, why were you in the bunk room? Football said you would be in here.”

“Well, I was. But my knee was bothering me, so I went out to ask if there was any kind of muscle rub on the premises. I ran into Terry in the hall and asked him, and he said that you kept it in the cabinet in the bunk room.” She shrugged then. “I just figured since everyone was out in the lounge, I’d be quick about it right where I was—wasn’t expecting to be interrupted.”

He leaned closer to her, so she could feel his warm breath on her face as he spoke. “But it was a nice interruption, wasn’t it?”

She grinned in spite of her efforts not to. “Yes it was.”

Turning away from him, she glanced at her computer screen, where she’d just about finished typing up her interview with Veronica Thompson. With a sigh, she said, “I’ve got to finish this, then I’m afraid I have to head back to Billings.”

Chris started. “Tonight?”

Martie glanced up. “Yeah. My boss wants me to get the evidence into the lab ASAP, and the lab is in Billings.”

“Damn,” he said. “I thought we’d have more time together.”

Placing a hand on top of his, she told him, “I’ll come back as soon as I can, okay? I should be able to get away to be here for Calvin’s service. Just let me know when it is and I’ll be here for you.”

He nodded. “I actually just talked to his family. Cal’s parents made it into town and they’re with Kara now.

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