The Girl He Chose (A Paige King FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 2) by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2022-06-20T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

As he and Paige pulled up outside, Christopher had to admit that the Sunshine Care Agency wasn’t quite what he expected of it. The offices were bright and shiny, upmarket and clearly aimed at attracting an expensive clientele, but were in a neighborhood that was a little rundown and grubby.

Christopher guessed that most of the clients didn’t go there in person; they would arrange everything in a call or two and find the staff member they needed within a day or two. Yet they obviously wanted the place to look good just in case anyone did drop in to find staff personally.

He and Paige went up to the agency and stepped inside. They quickly found themselves greeted by a young male receptionist with a bright smile and spectacles. He was dressed in a dark suit that might have been better suited to someone working at an investment firm, he and seemed polished to an almost improbable degree.

“Hello,” he said. “Can I help you? Are you looking for someone to care for an older relative, or perhaps for your child?”

Christopher felt a flicker of embarrassment at the assumption that he and Paige were a couple. He found his thoughts flickering to Justine, his wife. They’d talked about having children before, but they both led such busy lives. If they ever did have children, would they need an au pair to let them handle everything? Would Christopher still be able to run around chasing after serial killers?

“We’re not a couple,” Christopher said, taking out his ID to show the receptionist. “I’m Agent Marriott, and this is Dr. Paige King. We’d like to speak to a manager, about Zoe Wells and Amelie Pichou.”

He could see from the shock on the receptionist’s face that he’d heard those names on the news and understood what this was about.

“If… if you’ll just wait here for a moment,” he said, and hurried off into the rest of the place, leaving Christopher and Paige standing there in front of the reception desk.

“I can’t believe he thought that we were a couple,” Christopher said, looking around at Paige. “Sorry. I should have cut him off before he got to that.”

“No, it’s fine,” Paige said, but she seemed slightly flushed, as if embarrassed by it all. Of course she was; she was only just starting out in the FBI, and was probably determined to be taken seriously as a professional. Christopher wanted to make this all as easy as possible for her.

A prim woman in her fifties came out to the desk, dressed in a dark skirt suit, with her dark hair tied back, and a discrete silver necklace strung around her throat.

“Hello. I’m Madeline Evans, the manager here. Please, come through to my office.”

She hurried them through the main offices of the firm, past several desks where people were working at computers or making calls, presumably to place more care staff in suitable positions with absolute discretion.

Ms. Evans led the way through to an office that was furnished

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