Taken By Surprise by Tonya Ramagos

Author:Tonya Ramagos [Ramagos, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Siren Classic
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand, Inc.
Published: 2010-12-28T05:00:00+00:00

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Silver Springs, Mississippi

Jackson pulled the towel from the rack, used it to dry his hair, and then secured it around his waist as he stepped from the shower. Still dripping from everywhere else, he moved to the steam-fogged mirror and swiped a hand across the glass to clear a patch. He gritted his teeth at the reflection staring back at him.

"Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the dumbest agent of all?" He laughed incredulously, leaning closer for a better look. "She expects me to go out in public like this. The woman's got to be off her flipping rocker."

He spotted a timed light fading in and out in his peripheral vision and glanced down. His cell phone lay on the edge of the sink, the light illuminating the words "Missed Call" on the ID screen. It must have rung while he'd been submersed under the showerhead impatiently waiting for the water streaming down to change from color-me-Smurf to clear.

He straightened, picking up the phone. It rang in his hand. The screen ID'ed the caller as a Silver Springs number he didn't recognize. He thumbed off the keyguard and slid his thumb over the green phone icon on the touch screen as he brought the phone to his ear. "Graham."

"I've got good news and bad news." Adrien Bingham didn't bother with niceties. "Which do you want first?"

Jackson reached for another towel and used it to dry the remaining fog from the bathroom mirror. When the act rewarded him with a better look at his head, he immediately wished he hadn't. "The bad stuff seems to be adding dramatic color to my life right about now. Let me have it."

"Still no trace of Alec McIntyre." Bingham sighed and waited a beat. "It's like the guy vanished into thin air. A body hasn't surfaced, but neither has any sign he might still be alive. The doo-doo hit pretty hard over there. Bullets flying, agents down, soldiers down, but they managed to infiltrate a good portion of Phay's compound before they had to pull out. If McIntyre was there, he's well hidden."

"It's not hard for a man like Phay to make a man disappear without a trace." Jackson rubbed his temples with the thumb and middle finger of one hand.

"Sad but true, my friend."

"Should I take the fact that you know this as a sign that the good news is you talked to Stone?"

"You should. I did. I hung up with him and immediately called you. He said he tried you first, but you didn't pick up."

"I was in the shower." The pause in conversation lasted almost long enough to make Jackson uncomfortable. Adrien Bingham made no secret about his sexual preference. Jackson wasn't homophobic by any stretch, but he didn't want to think the agent might be pulling up a mental picture of Jackson the way he looked right now. With water beading on every muscle and nothing except a towel around his waist to prevent him from being totally naked, he reminded himself of a gay boy's stiff dream.

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