REACT: Book 1 of the Remington Security Series by Janey Stout

REACT: Book 1 of the Remington Security Series by Janey Stout

Author:Janey Stout [Stout, Janey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-15T23:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER 18

DECKER

I had been trying to deal with all the little fires left behind by our latest confrontation with The Wraith. Three wrecked cars of my own, countless other cars being damaged by the explosion in the middle of a freeway during mid-morning rush hour. And of course, my fallen men. Reese Daniels and Alex Lambert had been with me since the beginning of the damn company. Hand picked out of MIT by Kasey, they’d been more than just employees. They were friends. I had struggled with the fact that I’d have to inform their families until Kasey had asked to be the one to do it.

“I brought them into this. I’ll bring home the news.” Though his tone had been even, it held no emotion and that let me know that my friend was taking it just as hard as the rest of us. Including Lake.

I could remember the shine of sorrow in her eyes when I’d told her who had been in the SUV in front of us. She’d known who they were. She’d learned all the men’s names who had surrounded her. She’d had endless talking points with all of them, and in the weeks I’d watched her around them, I’d known that my men had fallen for her charm. Before I spent time with Lake, I would have assumed her ability to recall talking points with each person was simply a skill developed through fake politeness and expectations around her father’s acquaintances.

But I’d chanced a look over her shoulder one afternoon after she’d let Daniels go on about some vast Bigfoot conspiracy, and there she sat, earbuds in, watching a playlist of YouTube videos about the conspiracy in question. The day after, they’d been huddled together over his lunch talking in animated whispers like they were plotting a coup. I could see by the emotions playing along her features that she wasn’t feigning interest for the sake of polite conversation.

Thinking of her reaction to the death of two of my men, I was immediately shot back to the conversation with that piece of shit, Dominic Parker. I’d sized the man up quickly as he’d strolled into the room like he owned the entire hospital. His black hair was slicked into a pompadour, freshly shaved face, and beady dark eyes that narrowed in on Lake, like a predator finally spotting its prey. Somewhere around 6’, he’d probably have towered over the woman in her bed if I hadn’t been there to stop his approach to her.

The open hostility radiating from one person to the other was almost tangible, and I’d been about to escort the man out myself until Parker had asked for a word with me and sauntered out of the room. It took less than 60 seconds before I had been ready to wrap my hand around Dominic Parker’s throat and squeeze.

“Give me one good reason I shouldn’t fire you,” his tone held a sense of superiority that would do nothing more than earn himself his own room here in the hospital.



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