THE PERFECT WIFE by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Gentry waited until they had left Crutchfield’s room, gone past the security station, and rushed down the long hallway and into her small office next to the changing room to speak.

“Do you want to tell me what the hell is going on?” she demanded as she shut the door.

“What do you mean?” Jessie asked, surprised by the intensity Gentry displayed.

“You’re clearly not just here to do a master’s practicum. What is this really about?”

Jessie felt a flush of angry resentment well up inside her and gulped hard to contain it.

“How about I answer that when you start being honest with me?” she said forcefully.

“Me? I’ve been trying to help you,” Gentry said. “I’m not the one who has some secret conversation going on with a guy I’ve never met.”

“No,” Jessie spat back. “But you definitely have some secrets of your own. And maybe I’ll start trusting you once you tell me why an inexperienced grad student like me is being allowed to interrogate a serial killer. Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad to be here. But we both know that this is way outside of standard practice. And I can tell that you are seriously uncomfortable with it. But you keep letting me in there. Why?”

Gentry stared at her for several seconds, her eyes filled with a mix of surprise and frustration.

“That’s something you’ll have to address with your professor friend,” she finally answered. “He’s the one who ensured your authorization.”

“But you’re in charge of security for the unit,” Jessie countered. “You could overrule him if you thought my visits were a security risk. And yet you haven’t done that.”

“Are you suggesting that your visits are a security risk, Ms. Hunt?” Gentry asked accusingly.

“I know that my visits rile him up and that you don’t love that. But for some reason, you’ve decided that’s a risk worth taking. What’s the reason?”

Gentry stood there silently for a moment. She seemed to be weighing just how much she should, or even could, say. For a second, Jessie thought she was about to come clean. But then her expression changed and she knew that the security chief had decided to play it safe.

“Talk to Hosta,” Gentry said reluctantly.

Jessie tried to keep her irritation in check, but couldn’t help tossing out one last barb as she barreled out of the office.

“Way to follow orders, Kitty Kat.”

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