Gabe (In the Company of Snipers Book 8) by Winters Irish

Author:Winters, Irish [Winters, Irish]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Windy Days Press
Published: 2015-08-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

“Hey, Gabe. You want to come over and check something for me?”

“Sure.” He eased away from Kelsey to join his Senior Agent. “What’s up, old man?”

“Not much. Might have a low battery in camera seventeen is all.” Zack pointed to the laptop screen that showed a black sedan rolling past Kelsey’s home, its windows too dark to determine how many people might be inside. The car slowed at the curb.

“No problem,” he said to keep this new development from the ladies. No sense ruining their evening. “I can do batteries. It’s time for a perimeter check anyway.”

“Keep your ears on,” Zack warned quietly enough that the women couldn’t hear him.

“Copy that. Be right back.” Despite feeling like crap, Gabe headed for the back door. Might be Alex out there. Might not. Didn’t matter. Whoever was in that car, they were in for a surprise.

Gabe pulled his jacket off the kitchen chair before he slipped out the backdoor and around the side of the house. Inserting the blue-tooth earpiece in his ear, he slipped his jacket over his shoulders and took quick stock of the backyard.

Both dogs looked at him from their kennel, their big, old German Shepherd ears pitched forward like radar dishes. Neither offered any signal that they sensed an intruder, but he made sure the home was secure before he left. He loved them, but he didn’t trust them—not anymore. Not Alex Stewart’s dogs.

“Comm check,” Zack said quietly.

“Loud and clear. Looks like our company moved on.”

“I called Mark. Becker is on his way to us. Watch your six. That could be him out there.”

“Copy that. Good to know.” Gabe replied. Damned good to know.

The late summer evening had turned dark. Nothing stirred. Kelsey’s street ended in a cul-de-sac five doors north of her front door. Gabe swept through there in case Becker had decided to park. Nothing.

Walking back gave him a complete view of the rest of the street, including the T-intersection four doors south of her place and to the east. The driver of a mini-van tapped his brakes at the stop sign and proceeded south before turning into a driveway.

“I’ve got a silver van three doors south of the intersection. Anyone we know?”

“Saw it. Cromwell’s van. They usually go out for dinner. Must have called it an early night. Proceed.”

“Checking west perimeter next.” To do that, Gabe had to walk through two of Kelsey’s neighbors’ backyards to reach the street behind her house. This was the blind spot as far as he was concerned, so he’d mounted a couple of extra cameras on the street lights in front of those homes.

While Mark and Libby dealt with the administrative side of getting Kelsey released, Gabe and Zack had vetted their security perimeter with all the neighbors prior to trespassing and posting any off-property security cameras. It had been a good morning spent meeting Kelsey’s neighbors. She was well respected and loved. Not one person had argued with the extra precaution.

Gabe kept to the shadows, half-listening to the conversation back in Kelsey’s living room.

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