Happy New Year--Baby! by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1996-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Less than five minutes later, the door opened again. Dennis turned, thinking that perhaps she had forgotten something.

But instead of Nicole, he saw Winston’s four-by-four body entering as the latter walked toward him.

Winston jerked a thumb behind him at the door. “I thought I’d let myself in.” He looked at the black Labrador that was shadowing every move Dennis made. “Bonding with the dog?”

Dennis threw a stuffed, well-chewed fuzzy toy over to the corner of the room. Romeo chased after it and then settled down with the toy between his paws.

“I have an affinity for dumb animals.” Dennis turned to look at his partner. “Speaking of which, what are you doing out of your cage?”

Free of the van’s confinement, Winston stretched his legs and went directly to the refrigerator. He’d heard Nicole’s instructions to Dennis regarding breakfast and extended them to include himself. He poured himself a bowl of cereal, and then went for the milk.

“I’ve been thinking. If you believe she doesn’t have anything to do with the Syndicate, and they obviously didn’t find the disk, why do we tell Sherwood we’re still hanging around here?”

Dennis watched as Winston made short work of the cereal. “Because somehow, she’s the connection.” He’d worked this out for himself earlier. “Logan had that disk. He wouldn’t have destroyed it.” Dennis was certain of that. “He would have hidden it somewhere safe, thinking it was his insurance policy against the Syndicate.”

Finished, Winston rinsed out the bowl and placed it on the rack. “Boy, was he wrong.”

“Yeah, but that disk is still around somewhere. My guess is that she doesn’t know she knows.”

Winston turned his attention to the bananas in the fruit bowl. He broke off one banana from the bunch, offering the rest to Dennis. Dennis placed them back in the bowl.

Inhaling the banana, Winston tossed the peel into the garbage. “So what are you going to do, hypnotize her?”

He let the wisecrack pass. “I’m going to invest a little more time and see if I can figure out where Logan hid it. Something I say might trigger her memory.”

Winston raised his eyes toward the miniature camera. “Just be careful you don’t wind up triggering other things.”

Dennis put his hand on the doorknob. “Your van’s calling to you.”

But Winston remained where he was. He nodded toward the Labrador. “What did you say the pooch’s name was?”

“Romeo.”

Winston called out, “Sic ’im, Romeo.”

Romeo looked from one man to the other and continued chewing on the stuffed toy. It was shaped to look like a man and Dennis couldn’t help wondering what the dog thought as he methodically worked on the toy’s leg.

Winston shook his head. “Doesn’t respond to commands very well, does he?”

“I told him to stay.”

Winston sighed. “Figures.” He looked out the window. Craning his neck, he could see the converted Volkswagen bus. “Lucky thing I’m not claustrophobic.”

“You make up for it by being a chronic complainer,” Dennis deadpanned.

Winston muttered something under his breath about applying for a transfer as he left.

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