Kiss And Say Good Spy (The Never Say Spy Series Book 12) by Diane Henders

Author:Diane Henders [Henders, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense & Thrillers
ISBN: 9781927460474
Publisher: PEBKAC Publishing
Published: 2017-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Trembling, I pulled into the nearest parking lot and dialled Holt’s number.

The phone rang once.

Twice…

“Greg Holt, Realtor. It’s a great day to sell your house!”

“Hi,” I croaked, then cleared my throat and tried again. “Can you meet for coffee in twenty minutes?”

“Sure thing,” he said breezily. “The usual place?”

“Yeah. See you there.”

I disconnected and sat staring at the phone. Should I call Stemp?

No. I had no new facts to report except that I apparently couldn’t count; and Hellhound had stood me up. Not exactly a useful update.

I tried Arnie’s burner number again but there was still no answer. Blowing out a tension-filled breath, I put my car in gear and headed for my meeting with Holt.

My mind flitted like a distracted sparrow, pecking at each possibility only to drop it and jump to the next.

What if Labelle had hired an assassin to pick me off as I went into the restaurant tonight? Or worse, abduct me and torture some critical piece of information out of me? Should I get Holt to come to the restaurant for backup?

But if Kane had something urgent to tell me, somebody needed to meet him. And with hundreds of innocent civilian lives at stake, I couldn’t ditch my mission.

And what about Arnie and Nichele and Dante?

Dammit, I needed to meet Kane…

When I arrived at the coffee shop, the red Audi with its Realtor signs was already in the parking lot. Inside, Holt rose to greet me with one of his shit-eating grins and a hearty handshake.

I dragged my lips into an answering smile and chose an herbal tea before seating myself at the table Holt had claimed in a quiet corner.

“Is Nichele okay?” I asked as my butt landed in the chair.

“Yeah. Nobody following her but me.”

I flopped back in relief. “Thank God. At least that’s one less thing I have to worry about.” Hugging my paper cup, I reported Labelle’s worrisome arrangements for six o’clock as well as my conversations with Riel and Kane, conveniently omitting the details of Kane’s time-counting code. “…so I can’t meet Kane at six and I don’t have a clue what his ‘situation’ is,” I finished. “It didn’t sound good, though.”

Holt scowled. “That’s not related to our mission. Kane’s a civvie now. Let him deal with his own shit.”

I held onto my temper and kept my voice level. “James was following him and words were exchanged. James is related to our mission.”

“That doesn’t make Kane related to our mission. And there’s no evidence that James has anything to do with it, either. Just because Riel and Tawny Harchman know him, that doesn’t mean squat. They probably know a shitload of people.” Holt crossed his arms and leaned back, his scowl deepening. “You want to know what I think?”

“No, but you’re probably going to tell me,” I muttered, but he was already talking over me.

“I think you’ve got a hard-on for James because he beat the hell out of you and your friends. I get it; the guy’s a fucking waste of skin and you want to see him go down.

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