One Last Breath (Borderline Book 1) by Griffin Laura

Author:Griffin, Laura [Griffin, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2007-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Feenie steadied her arms and took aim at the target. She squeezed the trigger and watched a hole appear in the silhouette.

“Not bad,” Juarez said.

She dropped her arms and smiled. Practice was going much better today. “Thanks. I like this gun better.”

Juarez smirked. “Thought you would. It’s light as a feather.”

Feenie turned over the Smith & Wesson revolver and examined the textured black grip. It felt comfortable in her hand. The .38 was very compact, and although it wasn’t light as a feather, it certainly weighed less than Juarez’s Glock.

“Where’d you get this, anyway?”

“It’s my mom’s.”

“Your mom’s?”

“I got it for her after my dad passed away,” he said. “Someone broke into her house.”

“Was she hurt?”

His jaw tightened. “No. She wasn’t home, but it scared her pretty good. I thought the gun might help her feel safer.”

“Does it?”

“Nah, she won’t touch it. It just sits on the top shelf of her closet. She threw the ammo away, so I gave up and got her a dog.”

“Must be hard being a widow,” she said, hoping he’d tell her more about his family. But of course he didn’t. He just handed her some more bullets. Feenie watched him, wishing he’d open up to her but doubting he would.

Feenie loaded the gun again and squeezed off another round. Again, her aim was dead-on.

He eased up next to her and squinted at the target. “You’re really coming along. Sure you haven’t fired a handgun lately?”

“Just yesterday with you.”

“You’re a natural, then.”

Feenie noticed his relaxed expression and spotted her opening. “I talked to Dottie Garland today.” Avoiding his gaze, she put the gun down and punched the button to bring the target forward. Most of her shots had hit the silhouette this time.

She glanced at Juarez and wasn’t surprised to see him scowling at her.

“On the phone, I hope?”

She unclipped the target and held it up for him to see. “Pretty good, if I do say so myself.”

He ignored the distraction and crossed his arms. “Don’t tell me you went out there.”

She didn’t say anything.

“I thought I told you—”

“You asked me to help, and I’m helping. It’s hard to glean information from people over the phone. Besides, Josh wasn’t there. I made sure he was at work before I went over.”

“Feenie—”

“I got some good information. Josh and his dad are going deep-sea fishing. They leave tomorrow. Dottie says they’ve been fishing a lot lately.”

Juarez cocked his head to the side and looked her up and down. As she’d suspected, the value of the information outweighed his concern for her. She felt a prick of disappointment but forced herself to ignore it.

“What time do they leave?” he asked.

“Tomorrow evening, I think. You want to follow them? It’d be a good way to learn more about their operation.”

“That depends.”

“On?”

“On you,” he said. “I’m not sure I can trust you to stay out of trouble while I’m gone. Your track record of following directions isn’t good.”

“Oh, yeah? Well, don’t worry about me. You’ll know exactly where I am, because I’m coming with you.

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