Practice Makes Perfect by Carsen Taite

Author:Carsen Taite [Taite, Carsen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635553581
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00

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Wynne looked up to see Stoltz framed in her doorway, and she mentally ran through a list of reasons why he would have come to her instead of summoning her to his office like usual.

“Braxton hired an investigator. You’ll meet him tomorrow. He wants you to bring that other chick. See if you can get there early and get the jump on her.”

Before she could sort through the string of pronouns, he was gone and Jennifer appeared in his wake. “Sorry about that,” Jennifer said. “I tried to warn you he was on his way in, but I got caught on a call.”

“It’s okay. Do you know anything about this?”

“Not much. Braxton called about it this morning, and he’s already arranged for Campbell to be at the meeting.”

Campbell. Despite their task of working together, Wynne had managed to avoid seeing Campbell since their weird outing to Austin City Limits. Weird wasn’t quite the word. She’d actually had fun, and for a few moments had managed to forget that she and Campbell were in competition. But the moment Campbell had dropped her off that night, she’d been plotting her own strategy about the Leaderboard case—a strategy she had no plans to share with Campbell. And now this? “I actually have a couple of phone calls in to investigative firms we’ve used in the past. Do you think Braxton really already hired this guy?”

Jennifer raised her hands. “Your guess is as good as mine, but it wouldn’t surprise me.”

Wynne nodded. Braxton was the kind of client who did what he wanted and asked forgiveness instead of permission. Hiring a PI on his own was probably one of the more harmless things he could do when it came to his case, but still she would’ve appreciated having some input into the selection of the person they’d be working with.

A few minutes later, Jennifer buzzed her phone. “Your father is on line one.”

Jennifer’s words were simple and straightforward, but Wynne heard the lilting question in her tone. “Put him through,” she said, willing her voice not to tremble. ” While she waited for the call to connect, she stared at the phone like it was a snake poised to bite her. It had been several months since she’d spoken with either of her parents, and the last conversation had ended like so many others before, but the one thing she’d been able to count on was that they never called her at the office. Until now anyway.

“Hey, sweetie,” the deep voice oozed through the line. “How are things?”

“Hi, Dad. I’m really busy right now.”

“Of course you are,” he replied, his voice starting to take on a slightly indignant edge. “I won’t keep you.”

“Okay.” She waited, letting the beats of silence tick by until the inevitable happened.

“Your mother and I are a little short this month. It’s nothing we can’t make up in a few weeks, but the rent is due and there are a couple of repairs around the house that I can’t handle myself.

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