Special Agent Charli by Mimi Barbour

Author:Mimi Barbour [Barbour, Mimi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781926512525
Publisher: Sarna Publishing
Published: 2018-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-four

The two walked out of the house, and on the porch, Charli felt a hand slip into hers, a smaller, softer, shaking hand. “Thank you.” She heard the tears and stopped to turn, to hug. She withdrew a tissue from her pocket and wiped the girl’s face.

“You are so welcome, little girl. You’re mine now, and I’ll never let anything bad happen to you again, you got that? Never. From now on you and me, we’re a team.”

“And Kayla?”

“Of course.”

Kayla!

Charli started toward the car, and her heart stopped. The vehicle sat empty. Kayla was gone. Shit, shit… To be sure, she ran forward and searched inside.

Oh no! Fuck!

Suddenly, when she thought her legs would give out, when the stress she’d controlled during the battle started to creep out of hiding and take over, she heard Angie say, “Kayla, where were you?”

Kayla?

Charli turned and took a long overdue breath. Suddenly angry, a reaction to her fear, she stomped over to Kayla and demanded, “Yeah. Where were you? I specifically warned you to stay in the car, and when I give you an order, girl, you follow it.” Harsh words spit out in a voice that meant them, she hovered over the two younger girls now hugging.

Kayla didn’t cower or appear intimidated. “Like you’d stay in the car if you heard the screams I heard. I had your weapon, not you. How did I know it wasn’t you screaming? How could I stay safe if you needed me?”

Hearing the truth ringing throughout Kayla’s words, she backed off and nodded, understanding that the girl had broken orders thinking to protect her. How in the hell could she stay mad at Kayla for doing exactly what she would have done in the same situation?

Before she could apologize, an approaching siren broke the silence, and she questioned Kayla with her stunned glare. “You didn’t…”

“I had to. I thought it was you screaming in pain or maybe Angie. It sounded like a war zone. What would you have had me do? Twiddle my thumbs, ho-hum, and ignore everything? Get real.”

“Yeah, okay. But I’m calling him off, and then we need to go home and set some new rules.”

“Fine.”

“Fine.”

As they battled, Angie’s head bobbed from Kayla to Charli and back again. Astonished glee that hadn’t faded, transformed her back to a fourteen-year-old for the first time. Hugging her teddy bear added to that impression.

Kayla stepped to meet Blake, who’d arrived just as she knew he would… since it was his number she’d called. The weight of the weapon, hanging from her hand, reminded her she still clutched it. She shoved it toward Charli who quickly hid it in the back waistband of her dark pants.

The SUV skidded to a stop in the middle of the road, gravel flying, and Blake erupted like he’d been shot from a cannon. “What’s up, Kayla?” As soon as he saw the three girls safe and together, his demeanor changed from a rescuing cop under a great deal of pressure to a man unsure of his welcome.

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