Payback (Angie Bartoni Case Files Book 13) by Huffman Marshall

Author:Huffman, Marshall [Huffman, Marshall]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

We were getting ready to call it a night when Garrett came over to my desk and looked down at me.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“I was just wondering if you would like to grab a bite to eat,” he asked.

I’m sure my eyes got wide. Was he asking me out? Like a date or was this another way of talking about the case? I thought for a minute. Look, the guy is good looking and pretty sharp. He hasn’t exactly hit on me so far and he didn’t break my rules about not dating a cop.

“Are you married?” I asked.

“Married? Heck no. I don’t even have a significant other. If you’re not cool with this just say so. I just thought I could get to know you a little better since we are going to be working on this thing.”

“Okay. I just wasn’t expecting this.”

“Hey, it’s no big deal if you don’t want to. I won’t hold it against you or anything.”

“No, no it is not that. I just thought you didn’t like me very well. We have kind of sparred a few times.”

“Nah, that was no big deal.”

“I guess it would be okay. I don’t have any other plans and if you would like company, sure, why not?” I said.

Angie, Angie, Angie. What are you doing girl? You guys are working on a major case and you are going out to eat with him? What is wrong with you? Have you lost your ever-lovin mind? You never mix business and pleasure. Sure Dan and I eat together all the time but that is different. He is my partner and that is totally different.

“What do you have in mind?”

“Just something casual. How about the English Pub?”

“Sure. That sounds great. They have really good food,” I said, suddenly hungry.

“Do you mind driving? I’ve been eying your Austin Healey and would love a ride in it.”

“Sounds like plan. Let me just freshen up and we can take off.”

Freshen up? What the hell is wrong with me? I sound like some school girl. Freshen up. What a block head. Anyway, I finally made it back to my desk and we went down to my Healey.

“That is really cool. It’s in great condition,” he said walking around the car looking it over.

“I’ve spent some money on it but I still have more that I want to do. At some point I would like to get it painted but that will have to wait until after I get everything else done.”

“Such as?”

“A new top, the clutch is getting spongy, and I’m starting to get a small leak from the rear engine seal. Anything for a Healey is almost twice as expensive as other British cars. If you have one of these, they just assume that you have unlimited cash. I, however, do not.”

“But you wouldn’t sell it or trade it, right?”

“You got that right,” I said as we got in and buckled up.

I turned the key and the engine immediately started and purred for me. I think it was showing off.

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