Jane_Big Easy Bears III by Becca Fanning

Author:Becca Fanning
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“So, do you know how to cook anything besides kabobs?” Jane asked as they waited for the elevator to come down.

“Steak. Barbecue chicken. Baked potatoes. Anything with instructions on the packaging. Kabobs are just fancy and I’m trying to impress you. Is it working?”

“Maybe a little.” She wrapped her arms around his.

She’d been to his apartment less than half a dozen times, but she mostly knew her way around his kitchen now. While he grilled, she warmed up some vegetables. I’ll have to bring salad fixings next time, she thought while she waited for the microwave to ding. Her phone buzzed, a text from Etienne wondering where she was.

“At a friend’s for dinner,” she texted back and then turned her phone off. Whatever Etienne needed could wait a few hours.

They ate at the table, their conversation moving from talk of the upcoming federal election, to immigration, to the club shooting the month before.

“That was slightly darker than I intended,” he said, pushing his plate back. “I’m stuffed. I don’t know how you eat so much.”

“Blessed and cursed with a very high metabolism,” she said. She licked her fingers clean. “That was fantastic.”

He gathered the dishes and headed for the sink. “I guess you’ll be wanting a ride home.”

“I – uh – don’t have to go right away. Neither of us works tomorrow and with this family emergency hovering around, I could use a break. If you don’t mind. I don’t want to impose.” She thought of her phone. She did not want to talk to Etienne right now.

“Karl cancelled for tomorrow again so I don’t have to be up early.”

“Does he do that a lot?”

“No, not until this house. He’s renting out storage space in the garage. Something is going on.”

“Something to do with that phone call?”

“What phone call? Want another beer?”

“Sure.” She followed him to the couch. “That first day I came to help, remember? We overheard him on the phone. Something about being out before eleven?”

“Right. I do remember that. Yeah, I think that’s connected somehow. Karl keeps the garage locked, and not even Jase or Jeff have keys, which is odd. The window is covered. I asked Karl about that. All he said was it was some boxes stacked against the wall inside. And the renters, they looked like trouble.”

“You saw them?”

“Yeah. I went over one Saturday even though Karl had cancelled. They were loading a truck, maybe a van too, I don’t know. There were six, maybe ten guys, and they did not look friendly. You know, sometimes you just see someone and the way they look at you, it’s hard, cold? And Karl was acting nervous.”

“Did you ask Karl about it?”

“He doesn’t want to talk. Says he has it under control and to leave it alone.”

“Want to go down there tomorrow?”

“Karl will shoot me if I get in the way again.”

“Karl doesn’t have to know. We can throw on some jogging clothes, park two blocks down, and just go for a jog down the back alley.

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