Rock Wolf Investigations: Boxset by Dee Bridgnorth

Author:Dee Bridgnorth [Bridgnorth, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal & Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Adult Themes, Shifters Mate, Wolf Shifters, Supernatural Fantasy, Protection & Safety, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Multicultural & Interspecies Relationships, Romantic Schemes, Dangerous & Deadly, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Intrigue, Mythical Creatures, Action & Adventure, Violence & Crime Story, SciFi Fantasy Romance, Hearts Desire, Futuristic, Collection & Anthology, Rock Wolf Investigations, Security Experts
Publisher: Dee Bridgnorth
Published: 2019-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Younger didn’t like Laurie Talcott. At least that’s what he’d been telling himself since the moment she had walked into the office at Rock Wolf Investigations. She was pushy, except when she suddenly acted timid. She appeared like she knew everything until she unexpectedly didn’t know anything at all, or at least it seemed. She was totally inconsistent and never seemed to know her own mind. Yet he was beginning to get the feeling there was a reason for her incongruent personality.

The way she stared up at him made him feel strange inside. Squishy was the word that came to mind. He felt soft and very strange. Her bemused expression became more dramatic with the tears still glistening on her dark lashes. Her big blue eyes were bright and she looked adorably bedraggled in her hospital gown. She had been through hell in the last twenty-four hours, that much was sure. Nevertheless, she could sit there and have a lucid conversation with him even when she had no idea if she was going to leave this hospital and go home or be escorted to the police station to be charged with a crime she hadn’t committed.

“Josh has always been so helpful to me,” Laurie told him after a moment or two. “He’s always acknowledged that I don’t have nearly the experience that he does in the security field and so he’s freely offered me what information he can, you know?”

“Is that right?” Younger had his doubts. “And he’s done this in a way that makes you feel good about the information he’s offering? He’s made it a collaborative effort where he acknowledges that you have more experience in retail and in retail situations and dealing with the general public and their wants and needs when it comes to buying and selling goods and services? He’s done that?”

“Well, no.” She looked mildly confused. “I think it’s more complicated than that.”

“Is it?” Younger wondered if she even realized the guy was gaslighting her. At least, that’s what Younger suspected was going on. “So, he makes it seem like he has all of this knowledge about security and how to handle it and how to manage personnel and what it takes to be a good field agent. Is that right?”

“Well, yes. He’s a retired Army colonel remember?” Her voice was firm.

Younger pursed his lips. “Laurie, Josh was a colonel. As far as I know anyway. But the guy was a colonel in the motor pool.”

“What?”

“He was in charge of vehicles. When they got their maintenance done, who was driving them, which ones needed to be replaced, where they were going, purchasing, that sort of thing. He was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood a few hours north of here. And he never saw any overseas action. We are not talking about guarding high-risk areas or anything of the sort. He had a work force of mechanics and lackeys who could change a tire or fill out a rental form. That’s it.”

The shock on her face was palpable.

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