The Omega Team: IT COULD BE FUN (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Carl Tanner Book 1) by McBride Shayla

Author:McBride, Shayla [McBride, Shayla]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Monday, December 4

Tanner ran, from Sunset Beach north to John’s Pass and back, the better part of a half marathon. He didn’t wear a watch and he didn’t time himself. He stopped on Madeira Beach to admire a gang of grade-school cousins from Detroit who were building a two yard-square sand city.

At John’s Pass, he watched the drawbridge rise and party boats cut through the choppy water, heading out into the Gulf of Mexico for a bit of fishing and a lot of drinking.

The run cleared his head, allowed the back of his mind to sort out problems and information. Most of them.

He did take his phone. Jan didn’t call or text.

***

Tuesday: an endless evening. Another front was moving through and rain slapped down, filling the parking lot dips. Green hit his bottle often and holed up at the front door, gazing morosely out at the gusting night.

“We’re overstaffed,” Tanner said, at nine. The place smelled stale, almost echoed. “I’ll leave if you want. You can even dock my pay.”

“Anybody goes, it’s me,” Green said, pounding his chest in his typical attempt to relieve endless gastrointestinal distress. “Do the rounds, make sure everything’s okay.”

On his third pass, Tanner noticed the light in the back hallway was off. Burned out? No, the switch was down. He flicked it up. The light blazed and he saw Agostino, at the far end, a wide-eyed woman on her knees in front of him. He gripped her long hair in both fists as his hips moved in savage jerks.

Pure fury filled Tanner. “What the hell...?”

Agostino’s head turned. He smiled dreamily at Tanner, thrust a final few times. His body bowed and he shuddered, released the gagging woman. With a choked cry, she scrambled away and backed against the exit door. Pulling a handkerchief out with a flourish, Agostino wiped himself and tucked his penis into his pants.

“Your turn, you want,” he said in a pass-the-pepper tone, sauntering down the hall. He reached past Tanner for the light switch. “Maybe a bit of priv—”

The sound of the slap was like a gunshot. Agostino’s head jerked sideways, then ricocheted when Tanner’s vicious backhand caught him on the return. Tanner yanked the silk lapels, gave him a couple of vigorous shakes, then jammed his back against the wall. He’d pulled his arm back for another round when Agostino’s eyes rolled up and he passed out.

Sure had softened up since his pro days.

Green stepped through the curtain, Cobb bright-eyed at his back.

“Put your fuckin’ hands on the wall, Carl.”

Tanner pushed Agostino away, grabbed Green by his black tie and swung him in a tight arc at the same moment he jerked Cobb completely through the curtain. Adrenalin blasting through him, he slammed the two together, relishing the meaty crunches they made on contact.

Both men were tough, experienced brawlers. They’d bounce back fast: Cobb was already looking alert; his head must be solid rock. Tanner kneed Cobb and slammed Green face-first against the wall, bringing one hand up tight between his shoulder blades.

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