The Navigator: A Mountains Trilogy Novel by Alexander Phoebe

Author:Alexander, Phoebe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bisexual romance, PTSD, plus size heroine, older woman younger man, interracial romance, overcoming addiction, indian heroine, bearded man
Publisher: Mountains Wanted Publishing
Published: 2018-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

“Are you sure you’re up for this?” she questioned, searching his face for signs of reticence.

He shrugged. “I don’t know if it’s going to help, but it’s worth a shot. Besides, I just sent off a half- dozen job applications. The only thing I can do now is wait.”

Anjuli smiled as she clicked her seatbelt into place. She felt strange being with Garrett in her car. So far, she had seen him at the liquor store, her place, his place, and the theatre. It felt like they were branching out into new territory by going somewhere together in a car.

But it’s not like it’s a date, she reminded herself. They were on their way to talk to the man at the Department of Defense who was deployed with Jackson, Garrett’s brother. They’d asked if he could meet for coffee, and he agreed, so they were on their way to a little café he’d recommended in Arlington, not far from his office at the Pentagon.

“So, I have an email from Lilly with all the details on Jackson,” he said, lifting his phone up. “You were right—she’s pretty thrilled that I’ve enlisted your help.”

“Good, I’m glad you reached out to her,” Anjuli answered. “I don’t know if anything will come of this, but if not, my colleague Scott has some other things we can try. Having Jackson’s date of birth and all the other info will help. There are databases we can search, stuff the PI wouldn’t have access to. He probably looked at birth, death, marriage records, voter records, stuff like that. These are all internal government things.”

“Makes sense. I guess it’s fortuitous that I made your acquaintance then, isn’t it?” He flashed sparkling green eyes at her as she glimpsed his way, then quickly reverted her eyes to the road.

“I think I’m the lucky one,” she claimed and didn’t miss it when he huffed quietly as though he disagreed.

They parked and went inside the café. It was immediately obvious which patron was Cole Woodson from the closely-clipped crew cut and DoD lanyard around his neck. Anjuli waved at him, and he stood up to greet them both with a firm handshake.

“Mr. Woodson, thank you so much for meeting with us, and thank you for your service,” Anjuli said before taking her seat. Garrett simply nodded, then sat down beside her.

“Please, call me Cole, and it’s no problem.” He steepled his hands together and a let’s get down to brass tacks look appeared on his face. He didn’t seem interested in any small talk. “I understand you’re looking for information on Jax Stone.”

Garrett nodded. “I just recently learned he’s my half-brother, and I’ve been told he left his parents’ house without a trace about a year ago. No one has been able to track him down. He had extensive injuries sustained while deployed, from what I understand.”

“Jax and I weren’t super tight, and I wish I could give you some better clues to his whereabouts. But what I can tell you is that his best buddy was blown up in that IED—and he didn’t make it.

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