Kill Me Twice by St. Claire Roxanne

Author:St. Claire, Roxanne [St. Claire, Roxanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780743477307
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2005-09-27T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Eleven

N othing had ever looked quite as out of place as big, bad Mad Max Roper on a Delano Hotel signature white settee. The delicate piece of furniture was obviously built to hold one of the hotel’s ubiquitous Brazilian supermodel guests, and not a former DEA hunting dog who’d allegedly crushed the skull of a Cali drug lord with one bare hand.

Alex pulled himself back into the lively debate Dan Gallagher currently waged with Jazz, not at all surprised that the two of them had bonded like long-lost siblings. They both had inquisitive minds, rapier wit, and that bulldog quality that wouldn’t let them drop a bone until it was chewed down to nothing.

“But it doesn’t make sense,” Jazz insisted, tucking bare feet under her. “Who blew up her car?”

“Somebody who knew how to make your basic potassium permanganate and gasoline pipe bomb,” Dan said, “and paid cash to those kids to plant and detonate it.”

“I want to know who and why,” Jazz said. “And what it has to do with my sister.”

“We all do,” Alex assured her. Energy vibrated off her in waves; he could have sworn that a day of crime fighting and death defying just made her more radiant. One look at Dan and Max confirmed that; they hadn’t taken their eyes off her for two hours.

And he didn’t like it one bit.

“Maybe it’s as simple as this,” Dan suggested. “This Desirée character really is Jessica’s source for a story, and someone knows it and doesn’t want her talking to the media. The pipe bomb in Jessica’s car was a warning.”

Jazz looked at Alex. “Some warning. We would have been killed.”

Alex levered himself from his relaxed position against the wall. They’d spent enough time talking. And staring at her. “We need a plan: Let’s divide and conquer. You two go after every person listed in Jessica’s address book who has no relation to the TV station. Jazz and I will handle the television station colleagues.”

Max held up a hand. “Wait a second, Romero. Lucy was perfectly clear on your assignment; you are the bodyguard to the stars.”

Alex’s fist tensed in response.

Dan leaned forward. “What he means, Alex, is that you are the exec protection expert. Jazz needs you more than ever. We’ll handle the investigation. You lay low in the safe house you’ve arranged, keeping Jazz away from any threats to her personal security.” He warmed Jazz with that boyish smile he had milked for most of his life.

“You stay in that house in Coral Gables, Jazz,” Max added. “Jessica is a obviously a target and you look exactly like her. You need to be very careful.” His usual Rottweiler scowl was now a puppy dog face that Alex wanted to smash.

Jazz shot up from the sofa and glared at Max. “Not a chance, bucko.” Bucko? Alex and Dan shared a lightning fast look of disbelief. “I am not staying in hiding while my sister is missing. I can get a lot of information from people. And I’ll go crazy if we just wait in seclusion.

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