Military Men by Shelley Munro

Author:Shelley Munro [Munro, Shelley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military romance, contemporary romance
Publisher: Shelley Munro
Published: 2016-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Carolina Eastern wants me to escort her into the homes of local women and protect her while she’s interviewing them?”

“Yes,” Louie said. “She is willing to pay extra and since you’ll be the one on the line, the boss said they’d pass that on to you. It’s entirely up to you whether we go ahead or not.”

“But anyone could be inside the house. We could both be shot before anyone could back me up,” Mac said.

Louie nodded, knowing it was the truth.

“How much extra money is she offering?”

“Five thousand for each interview she conducts.”

Mac frowned at him. “That’s a lot of money.”

“Yes, it is, but the money won’t do you any good if you’re dead.”

“I know that. I’m not stupid.”

“I never said you were.” Louie tried to ignore the hurt inside, knowing it wasn’t personal. “Maybe you should tell me about your father.”

“He has Alzheimer’s. I told you that.”

“Is he the reason you’re here in Iraq?”

Mac sighed and all the fight went out of her. “I love him so much. After my mother left us, he was father and mother to me. My mother died a few years later. He kept me with him as much as he could and arranged a friend’s wife to look after me when he had to go away on missions. It’s killing me to see him the way he is now when he always used to be so strong and robust.”

“Mac, you should have said something.”

“Why? You can’t do anything. Nothing will make him better.”

“I know that, but I could have listened if you wanted to talk. What happened? Why did I have to give him orders?”

“He’s fixated on the new people who have moved in down the road from the nursing home. He thinks they’re conducting an illegal operation.”

“And are they?”

“Of course not. The director of the rest home assures me they’re grape growers and starting to make their own wine. There’s nothing sinister about that.”

No, there wasn’t. Louie felt Mac’s frustration. It was easy to see the way her father’s health and her job tore at her.

“I didn’t have the money to keep him in the home, not if I stayed with the army. That’s why I made the decision to go into private security work. If I can stay alive it’s a way to make quick money.”

“That’s what most of us are here for,” Louie agreed.

“Do you know the areas Carolina Eastern intends to go to and the women she wants to visit?”

“No full particulars yet.”

Mac turned away from him, striding across the bedroom floor before spinning back to face him. “Get a list from her, more details and I’ll go from there. I have to admit the money is a good incentive.”

Louie wanted to protest. He wanted to grab Mac and take her far away from this war. He did neither. Mac was right. It made sense to check out the offer fully before turning it down even if the thought of something happening to her about killed him. “I’ll do that.

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