Jayhawk Down by Sharon Calvin

Author:Sharon Calvin [Calvin, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781426899966
Goodreads: 25914951
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Jacksonville, FL,

Friday, 23 September, 1022 hours

Scott Munson watched Valerie hesitantly consume a piece of dry toast and cup of weak tea. She was seated across from him in a rather comfortable local FBI conference room. She still looked shaky, but exotically alluring. Great, his libido was fully engaged and his brain was in a holding pattern circling the field.

She set the glazed FBI Academy mug down and cleared her throat before looking around the laminated table, her gaze slipping by his with the barest hitch. The junior agent to his left shifted and began tapping his pen against the yellow pad of paper in front of him until he noticed Scott’s pointed stare. They were waiting for her to explain what she knew and why she’d kept it from them.

“I didn’t like the fact I wasn’t taken seriously. From the first call you all acted like I was some kind of crackpot looking for attention,” she stated in a surprisingly commanding voice.

Her expression made it clear it had been a long time since she’d been ignored like that. Munson shook his head. “No, Ms. Wooten, we simply wanted to thoroughly check out you, and your information. It’s not unheard of for the bad guys to approach us with information as a way to try to get more. Or to disseminate bad data to obfuscate their own dirty schemes.”

He dropped his gaze to the folder in front of him. “Someone I respect passed your name, and your file, on to me. You have the credentials, background and language skills to make you a very valuable, official resource to my team.”

When he looked up Val had cocked her head to the left.

“Would that be a paid resource?”

Scott blinked and junior snorted. Valerie Wooten controlled billions and she wanted to know if they would pay her for information?

“You may think that’s mercenary, however, people rarely value something freely given.” She sat poised and unruffled, waiting for Scott’s answer.

Yeah, ball-buster for sure. “I can authorize our standard contractor fee.” He narrowed his eyes at her. “Assuming there is value in the information you provide.”

She inclined her head slightly and smiled. Ridiculously, Scott felt like he’d been blessed by the pope. How the hell did she do that?

“Of course, I would expect nothing less. I’ll personally match any fees I earn and see that they are donated to the Coast Guard. Given the hijacking, I think it’s the least we can do. I’m sure they have some sort of support fund for their members and families.”

Before Scott could fully comprehend what she’d just said, she made another demand.

“I want you to confirm a few things for me.”

Munson staged a blank face and gave a noncommittal, “Maybe.”

“Did you plant an agent under Ray Atwah? Specifically one of the three stooges he hired in Miami?”

His mouth twitched ever so slightly. “Generally, the FBI doesn’t hire stooges.” He had to give her points for ferreting out Atwah’s name, to say nothing of the men Atwah had scrounged up in South Florida.

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