Nike's Wings by Valerie Douglas

Author:Valerie Douglas
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Thriller
Published: 2011-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

It seemed Buck and Jake had had good luck as well, as Nike discovered when she returned to the van. They’d located the elusive Enrique, tracked him down to hole-in-the-wall bar tucked away in an even worse part of town.

The bar was like the cantinas of old, boasting Mexican beers in addition to the Latin music that thumped out of the jukebox and the stations on the old fly-specked TV perched in a corner of the bar. The screen was too small for a thief to steal and only just large enough for the patrons at the bar to see. A ceiling fan, yellowed by years of cigarette smoke before the ban, whirred lightly, moving around the scant coolness that pumped out of the ancient air conditioner. The breeze outside had been more refreshing.

Not that Buck minded any of it. For him it was like coming home.

He’d grown up around bars like this, the scents and smells familiar, beer and chiles, frying tortillas. The sound of Spanish was music to his ears, reminding him of home, of his exasperated mother shouting at him. He smiled at the memory. Maybe when this was over he’d go visit.

He wasn’t alone.

Ty sat in a booth with Jake Aragon, both with their backs in the corner, while Nike waited outside in the car. As soon as Jake spotted Enrique, he’d give the nod to Buck sitting at the bar.

It was a lot like the old days, with him and Ty. Buck liked Jake, too. He was a good man, solid and dependable.

“Enrique’s a fixer,” Jake had explained as he’d made the arrangements. “He’s one of the guys on the street who always has to know where the deals are, who’s got what, and who needs it. He’s a dealer himself, but of information. Everyone tolerates him because Enrique keeps his mouth shut…most of the time. If anyone knows anything, though, it’s Enrique. The only problem is, as soon as he spots me, he’ll know something’s going down, and he’s liable to run.”

So they set Buck up as a new guy in town. A new guy with something going down, a profitable something, only he didn’t have the people or connections to make it happen. Word was Enrique did. He just didn’t know how to contact Enrique and he didn’t have a lot of time to set it up.

That should have been enough to pull Enrique in.

It had taken time before they finally tracked the man down, Jake staying out of sight, Buck taking point, until someone suggested that Enrique might be found at this little cantina.

The bartender had been sympathetic, but not particularly helpful. Until he’d disappeared into the back of the bar on an apparent errand. One of the patrons suddenly found a reason to leave, too.

They all knew how it worked.

Enrique’s mug shots weren’t very helpful. They needed Jake to identify him to be sure, but he could also identify Jake. All it would take was a glance and a nod.

If they

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