Pawn by Carla Cassidy

Author:Carla Cassidy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373514120
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2005-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

“WOW,” Lynn muttered aloud as she stared at the list of names that appeared on the computer screen in front of her. She’d been working the Spider files since dawn, running first one program, then another in an effort to break whatever code had been used. An adjustment to one of her programs had finally been rewarded with a breakthrough.

A burst of euphoria electrified her. Although the adjusted program hadn’t decoded much, it had given up a new list of names. And quite a list it was, too.

She leaned back in her chair and frowned thoughtfully as she gazed at the names she’d uncovered. Jeffrey Carson. Malcom Gerrer. Scott Hafford. Thomas Ridgewater.

She recognized all of the names. Carson was a Federal Judge. Gerrer was a senator from the state of

Missouri. She thought Hafford was some kind of military contractor and Ridgewater was a well-known, high-profile attorney who was often in the news.

Why would these people’s names be in a file that had come from Lab 33? Had they helped to fund the unholy lab? Running a finger across her lower lip she frowned thoughtfully. What did it mean? Unfortunately the list was all that particular program had managed to decode.

She had just finished e-mailing the list to Delphi when someone rapped on her door. She looked at the clock in the lower right corner of her computer screen. Just after ten. Now what?

Before answering she closed the program she’d been running and pulled up her screen saver of dancing dolphins.

She cracked open the door to see Tiny. He seemed to fill all the spaces in the door frame. “Heard you had a little trouble last night.” He held up a packaged cinnamon coffee cake. “I brought you a little sweet to take away the sting of the fight with Stella.”

Lynn unchained the door and opened it to allow him inside, as always slightly put off by his huge size. “I’m a sucker for coffee cake.” She gestured to the table. “Sit down and I’ll make some coffee.”

In truth she welcomed the break from work, from her thoughts, and from the isolation she felt cooped up inside the apartment. Despite the fact that she was excited about her success, she was ready for a break.

“How did you hear about my little tangle with Stella?” she asked.

“I make it my business to know what happens on these streets. Looks like Stella got in a good shot.”

Lynn raised a hand to her cheek and smiled ruefully. “Only one. She sucker punched me. I never even saw it coming.”

Tiny shook his head and opened the coffee cake container as Lynn got out a couple of plates and forks from the cabinet. “When she told me what she had done, I told her she was way out of line. Fists and such are never the way to solve an issue. Believe me, I know.” He frowned darkly as if remembering a particularly bleak time in his life.

“She obviously felt threatened by my presence here. She was protecting her territory.

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