Recovered Secrets by Jessica R. Patch

Author:Jessica R. Patch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-05-31T13:19:04+00:00

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Grace joined Hollis as he pursued the secretary to the lot. They were parked a few rows down. They waited until she backed out then got in the truck and kept a safe distance.

“You think she knows Dr. Sayer? Knew my mom?”

Hollis turned left about thirty seconds after Miss Ryland. “If she does or did, her acting skills are impeccable. And the Oscar goes to...”

“Who’s Oscar?” Grace asked.

“Who’s who? Oh...it’s the most prestigious—top—award an actor can receive.” He grinned. “How do you not know that? You got amnesia or somethin’?”

She chuckled and shrugged. “Maybe. I forget.”

Miss Ryland led them into the middle of farmland. Nestled into the back half of the field on a small patch of property, a farmhouse came into view. Nothing but cornfields on one side of the house and cotton fields on the other. Hollis pulled to the shoulder of the road. He’d have to wait for the secretary to settle in. One dirt road. Two vehicles. She’d know she’d been followed.

“It’s not a coincidence she busted out after we left and came here to the middle of nowhere—whether it’s her home or not. When the crops are fully grown, the house will be almost impossible to see,” Grace said.

“Seems like a smart place for a safe house, doesn’t it?” Hollis asked. “Again, you are one smart cookie.”

“If I even own this house.” She bit her bottom lip.

“What’s worrying you?”

“Just... How does one even become an agent?”

“Some people apply and go through training, but more covert agents...they’re usually recruited.”

“Why would I be recruited?”

Hollis eased onto the dirt road. By now, Miss Ryland had time to get inside. But not enough time to get Dr. Sayer out—if she was even in there. “Well, your parents died before you went to college and it appears you have no other family.”

“Except that man at the funeral. It felt like I’d known him my whole life.”

Hollis pulled the truck over. “We hoof it from here, okay? Don’t want to give ourselves away.”

“Like a navy SEAL mission?”

“Or a spy mission.”

She gave him a sly grin. “I wonder if I had all my faculties—and do not make a joke—if I could take you, you big, bad navy SEAL.”

Something about that idea sent a fire through his gut, shot clear into his neck and sent his pulse into dangerous levels. “I don’t know—” his voice sounded dry and raspy even to himself “—but I’d be willing to give it my very best shot.”

She leaned in, flirt in her eyes as she whispered, “I just hope your very best is good enough.”

The truck felt like it’d heated up to a billion degrees and he swallowed hard. This was how she deceived men like Hector Salvador. Fiery charm with a heavy dose of flirt and confidence. And that thought brought him back to reality. They couldn’t be sitting in a cornfield flirting with one another. A mission was only a few feet ahead. Not to mention they were friends, and he had to keep his heart in check.

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