The Hitwoman Goes to Prison (Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman Book 22) by Lynn JB

Author:Lynn, JB [Lynn, JB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-27T06:00:00+00:00

“We didn’t leave things off too well the last time.” He rubbed the back of his neck, as though trying to massage away tension.

I nodded, thinking that was an understatement.

“I went through a lot with those guys,” Angel began.

I waited patiently. Those guys he referred to were old Navy buddies who tried to steal a helicopter and a human heart. They’d used Angel for his hospital access and one of them had even tied me up in a hotel room to keep me out of the way. They were all dead now, thanks to Patrick Mulligan and Gino. And the heart had ended up somewhere that Zeke had promised was worthwhile.

Angel shook his head. “It doesn’t track, Maggie.”

“What doesn’t?”

“The official story,” he said. “We were on the roof, and then I lost consciousness, and then everyone’s just… gone?”

I shrugged. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what the official story was that he was talking about, and rather than lie and mess something up, I decided that silence was my best friend.

“What they were doing was wrong,” Angel admitted. “But I’m worried that what happened to them was wrong, too,” he confided. “You’re the only person I would trust to tell me, and you won’t say a word.”

“You got out of it alive,” I told him. “When he tied me up in the motel room, Fitz told me where everyone was headed. I was worried about you, so I went there, too.”

“And the police detective just happened to show up?” Angel sounded skeptical.

“From what I read in the paper,” I said slowly, “the string of organ thefts had been known about for a while. Armani’s boyfriend is a reporter and he was investigating it.”

He shook his head. “You’re not telling me the truth, Maggie.”

“I most certainly am,” I declared hotly. I was actually kind of offended. I’m not a great liar, but I was telling him the truth. Fitz had told me, I was worried, Jack had been investigating.

“Not the whole truth,” Angel said with conviction.

“You still have your job. It was a win for you.”

He shook his head sadly. “How can it be when I can no longer trust you?”

I closed my eyes, feeling like he’d just punched me in the gut. “You can trust me.”

“No, Maggie,” he said. “I just don’t think I can.”

He walked out of the kitchen without another word. Gripping the edges of the table for support, I fought to keep myself from hyperventilating.

“It’s not like I ever thought I had a future with him,” I muttered aloud.

“You were hoping you did,” God piped up from his hiding spot in my bra.

“You always knew he was too much of a Boy Scout for you,” the lizard added.

I nodded and pounded the table with my fist, then went in search of my niece.

My love life might be out of my control, but what happened with her was not going to be.

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