State Of War (2003) by Clancy Tom - Net Force 07

Author:Clancy, Tom - Net Force 07 [07, Clancy, Tom - Net Force]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-03-17T20:24:12+00:00

Chapter 18.

Washington, D.C.

Alex Michaels was in the garage, beginning another light workout. It was almost eight o'clock. Toni was bathing the baby, and Guru was cooking supper. Alex had to admit that the old lady's Indonesian recipes had been pretty good, so far, at least.

Michaels was still stretching when Guru stuck her head out and said, "Telephone for you." She tossed the portable unit to him. He caught it and thumbed it on.

"Alex Michaels."

"Alex. Cory Skye."

Calling him at home? "What can I do for you?"

"I came across some information you might want. Nothing illegal or immoral or anything, but possibly of some use to you."

"Well, I appreciate that," he said. "You can upload it to my computer--"

"Um, no, nothing in writing, I'm afraid, it'll have to be from my lips to your ear, and even then, you didn't hear it from me. Why don't we meet for a drink? It won't take long."

Michaels felt a chill frost his spine. Was it just his imagination, or did this seem a little too coincidental? A beautiful lobbyist calling him at home to set up a circumspect--some might even say clandestine--meeting?

And she was beautiful, no question about that.

"I have a dinner at ten, I'm afraid," she continued, "so we'll have to make it a quickie."

His chill turned into goose bumps, and he felt like Toni--or maybe Guru--had just kicked him in the belly.

Of course, he could be wrong. It could be absolutely innocent. The term "quickie" could mean nothing more than a short meeting, people used it for that all the time. But something about the tone of her voice told him that if he went to meet Cory Skye for a drink and a quickie, he was pretty sure that there wouldn't be much drinking going on. . . .

He wasn't tempted. He'd been down that road, and even though he had never actually cheated on Toni--or on Megan before her--he had come close enough to know that he just wasn't interested in that.

Besides, he wasn't gullible enough to imagine even for a moment that the beautiful Ms. Corinna Skye was interested in him for himself. If the signals he was picking up were accurate--and Alex was very aware that he could simply be misreading her words--then he was certain it had nothing to do with his own personal magnetism and everything to do with the fact that he was the head of Net Force and the lead defendant in CyberNation's lawsuit. Given what Tommy Bender had said about Mitchell Townsend Ames, Alex had no trouble imagining what that cutthroat lawyer would do with photos of himself and Corinna Skye.

And so he said, "Ah, I'm sorry, but I'm really tied up this evening. Maybe you could come by the office tomorrow?"

There was a short pause.

"Ah, well, of course you're busy, it was just a last-minute thing, no problem. I was hoping I could work you in, but I understand. I'll drop by your office."

"That would be fine. Any time."

"I'll take you up on that.

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