The Black Sheep and the English Rose by Donna Kauffman

Author:Donna Kauffman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2008-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Felicity made herself comfortable in the back of the other town car, smoothing her skirt more out of habit than because she cared, at this point, about her appearance. She waited until Finn had settled across from her and the driver had closed the door before she spoke.

“I think we should check her studio out first, before the shipping docks. It would take some time to convert that satyr.”

“I think we should follow Reese. This whole thing isn’t feeling right to me.”

Felicity looked at him. “In what way? Certainly he’s being honest about Julia betraying him. You can’t fake that kind of pain.”

Now it was Finn’s turn to look more closely at her. “He seemed more pissed than upset.”

“Then you weren’t watching closely enough.”

“What do you know about the pain of betrayal?”

“If you’re asking me if I’m personally identifying with what he’s going through, then the answer is no. But, in my work with the Foundation, I’ve dealt with a lot of people going through a lot of misery. Pain being a fairly universal element of their misfortune, despite there being an assortment of sources. I’d think, given your vocation, both current and former, you’d be similarly aware.” She looked at him more closely, then huffed a little. “You did notice, didn’t you? You’re probing. Me. And we don’t have time for that right now.”

“You’re a tough woman to get to know. I won’t apologize for probing.”

“We both saw the look on John’s face, the stunned tone of his voice. He was thoroughly gobsmacked. So what is it you don’t think he’s being truthful about?”

“I didn’t say he wasn’t being truthful. I said this wasn’t adding up. A man like Reese—I don’t care what his background or usual role is in these kinds of things—isn’t a guy who sits around and lets other people fight his battles. If he’s been betrayed, by anyone, but most especially by someone he was emotionally vulnerable to, he strikes me as a man who would take it upon himself to seek justice, revenge, vengeance, whatever he felt was necessary. In whatever manner he needed to.”

“He is.”

“He’s farming it out. Doesn’t sound like him.”

“You don’t know that.”

“You do. Can you honestly say he strikes you as the kind of man to let other people do his dirty work?”

“This is hardly dirty, it’s merely—”

“You know what I mean.”

She sighed. She did know. And she happened to agree; she just didn’t want to share her viewpoint with him. Felicity was still undecided on just how she planned to see this particular mission through, so the less shared between them, especially as it concerned a potential adversary, the better.

She just wished she felt more at ease with that plan.

“Maybe it’s because of the personal nature of the betrayal that he’s not willing to get directly involved,” she said. “But if you want to follow John, his car is leaving now.”

Finn looked out the window, then at their driver, then at Felicity, then back out of the window, and swore.

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