Jordan Quest by Gary Winston Brown

Author:Gary Winston Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: jordan quest, series, strong female protagonist, paranormal, psychological, books, suspense, single author, kindle short reads, police, psychic, crime, supernatural, women’s adventure, short read, kidnapping, amateur, United States, thriller, mystery, men’s adventure, action & adventure, genre fiction, women’s fiction, murder, short stories, pulp, procedural
Publisher: Gary Winston Brown
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

INTRUDERS Chapter 1

JORDAN QUEST wasn’t concerned. Skeptics came with the territory.

A renowned psychic medium and missing person’s consultant to police agencies around the world, Jordan looked out at the group of attendees, all members of the American Association of Police Chiefs. She considered her response to the question posed by the man in the white Stetson. It was one she had been asked dozens of times, yet it never failed to elicit a small degree of anger within her: “With all due respect Ms. Quest, how can you expect us to take you seriously when what you do has absolutely no basis in science?”

The question brought with it an uncomfortable silence which fell hard over the auditorium. Jordan gripped the microphone. Fifteen hundred faces stared back at her, awaiting her response. Why the hell did it always have to be so hard?

“I appreciate your question… Chief?”

“Ballantyne, ma’am. Wayne Ballantyne. Lubbock, Texas.”

“Thank you, Chief Ballantyne. I understand your skepticism. I do. If I were sitting in the audience right now I might be skeptical too. You’re correct. What I do has no basis in science. I don’t expect you or anyone else here tonight to believe in me or what I do. That would be an unrealistic expectation. All I can ask of any police agency that reaches out to me for help with their investigation is to agree to suspend their disbelief. If they’re not willing to do that, then I’m not interested in working with them. If that sounds harsh I don’t care. I’m not concerned about bruising someone’s ego, nor do I see a need to prove myself to anyone. My interest is to bring closure to the family of the victim and help you solve your case. That’s it. My track record speaks for itself. I’ve been involved in over a thousand missing person and unsolved homicide cases since I was twelve years old. I’ve solved one hundred percent of them. If that’s not good enough for you or anyone else here there’s only one recommendation I can make.”

“What’s that?” Ballantyne asked.

“Find yourself another girl.”

Jordan’s straightforward response to Chief Ballantyne’s challenging question met with a round of applause from the conventioneers. Jordan raised her hand and called for quiet. Ballantyne glared at her from behind the audience microphone stand. Jordan could tell he wasn’t done with her. It had not been her intention to embarrass him in front of his peers, nor had she. But the senior law enforcement officer’s body language told her he was not about to let his challenge to her abilities go without a rebuttal. She had to deal with Ballantyne quickly.

Before the Chief could speak Jordan directed her closing comments to the crowd.

“Ladies and gentlemen, Chief Ballantyne is right. There is no hard science to support or validate my abilities. Some of you may have seen me on television. Others may have read my books and know my story. But for the benefit of those who don’t let me explain. When I was twelve-years-old, I struck my head on the diving board of my family’s swimming pool.

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