The Agent's Surrender by Kimberly van Meter

Author:Kimberly van Meter
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-08-31T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

They were buckling into the car when Holden’s cell rang. “It’s James,” he said, and answered the call. “Hold on, buddy. You’re going on speaker.” He clicked his smartphone and James’s voice filled the car cab.

“Sleep is overrated, and I’ve found that when you’re in a hyperaware state, your brain actually becomes more efficient.”

“That’s not actually accurate,” Jane murmured, shooting Holden a quick look, but he compelled her to keep quiet as James rambled to his point.

“All right. You’re not going to believe what I dug up about your boy, Miko....”

“Spit it out,” Holden gritted his teeth. “We’ve got a plane to catch.”

“Well, you might want to reschedule your flight because I’ve got some information that might interest you.”

“Why can’t you just tell me now?”

“Over the phone? Over an unsecure line? What? You think I was born yesterday? I don’t think so. Meet me at Café Orange on Bluebell Street in twenty minutes.”

Then the line went dead. Holden rolled his eyes. “Great. It’s the Geek Supremacy. This guy is too much.” He looked to Jane. “Can you reschedule our flight for tonight?”

“Sure. Let’s hope this guy delivers, because he sounds like a fruit loop with an overinflated sense of importance.”

“Oh, he’s a genius. That about sums it up.”

“Yes, it does.”

Holden pocketed his phone while Jane brought up the GPS. Within fifteen minutes, they were walking into the small French café and heading straight for the twitchy man nursing what was likely his third espresso.

They slid into the seats across from James, and he startled at their appearance. “Hey, I didn’t realize you’d actually make it in twenty minutes.”

“Fifteen with five to spare. What do you have for us?” Jane said, cutting to the chase.

“Okay, here’s the deal. I did what you asked and traced the money—that was child’s play—and because you’re friends with Nathan and Jaci, I decided to take it a step further, nose around and see what popped up. I hacked your brother’s email account and found more interesting stuff than where he has money stashed. By the way, your brother had some serious cash flow to be tucking away the amounts he’s got pocketed in Mexico.”

“How much?” Holden asked.

“Brace yourself...one hundred Gs. Pow! That’s a lot of margaritas,” James said, cocking his fingers into guns with a grin, but Holden didn’t find any of this funny. James slowly dropped his finger guns and refocused after a shaky drink of his espresso. “Okay, so anyway, yeah, he’s got money in all those places, but Mexico had the biggest cash drop. But that’s not the interesting part. He has a safety deposit box in Washington that I think you’re going to want to open.”

“What’s in it?”

“I don’t know, but he references it as his insurance policy, and something tells me he’s not talking about MetLife.”

Jane and Holden shared looks, then Holden prompted, “What else did you find?”

“He kept referencing a winery outside of Washington. Mean anything to you?”

“What?” Holden was confused. “My brother didn’t like wine. He was more of a Jameson guy.

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