Operation Power Play by Justine Davis

Author:Justine Davis [Davis, Justine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Sloan’s mind was racing so fast in so many different directions she had to force herself to pay close attention to the road ahead. All the things she’d learned from that short but heartfelt conversation she’d heard were caroming around in her head like a billiard ball run wild.

Was it really all connected? Had Brett’s question on her behalf caused all this? Had Rick Alvarado been fired for simply finding some paperwork? Did that mean it had been intentionally hidden? Why? Was the water leak truly intentional, to provide another reason to deny their application? Was this all some political bombshell, ready to explode, or was that just her past experience coloring her view?

And again, and again, why? Possibilities battered at her until she wasn’t sure of anything anymore.

No, there was one thing she was sure of.

She really liked Brett Dunbar. The way he’d handled Rick, the way he’d talked to him, shown such unhesitating faith in and loyalty to his friend, the promise of justice, that the truth would come out, endeared him to her. Those things were important to her, more than ever after her fight to vindicate Jason. Because they were the things Jason had fought for, died for. He had died because there weren’t enough men like that at the top anymore. For a while she had doubted there were any at all.

But there was one here and now.

At the moment he was in the car ahead of her. When they had reached the trailhead again, this time with Rick, it was late afternoon. They’d paused by Rick’s car, and Brett had turned to look at her. She’d realized he didn’t want to leave Rick on his own just yet. Wisely, she thought.

“I’ll follow you,” she had said, and had headed for her own car before he could tell her to just leave—he’d handle it from here. She wasn’t about to be cut out of this now, not when it appeared this really was all tied together. She’d suggested Cutter would be more comfortable in the back of her SUV, and when the dog followed her willingly, she was glad. More insurance that they weren’t done yet. Brett had watched them go, and if he’d guessed her thoughts, it hadn’t shown. But then, he had a pretty good poker face. She supposed he had to, as a detective.

She had watched as they pulled out. Brett was driving, while Rick rubbed his hands in front of the car’s air vents. Brett had apparently turned on the heater. Since Rick had been better dressed for the chillier temperature up at the falls, Brett must have been even colder. But again he hadn’t shown it if he was. And he certainly hadn’t felt the least bit cold when he’d squeezed past her up on the trail. Nor had she when he’d gotten that close. And her body had fired up like a jet afterburner when he’d touched her.

And judging from the way Rick had looked at them both, it had shown.

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