The Royal Stones of Eden (Royal Secrecies Book 1) by Rae T. Alexander

Author:Rae T. Alexander [Alexander, Rae T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Beary & Blevins
Published: 2015-10-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Jail Bait

Part One

“I’m going with you, David!”—when Mattie was adamant about something, her eyebrows straightened and drew closer together. David shook his head and looked at Mattie in unbelief. He wondered why she would want to put herself in such danger.

David was not intentionally a sexist. He thought he was logical. After all, he regularly attended hand-to-hand combat training, two Saturdays per month, at his security company in Salt Lake City, under the guise of “going to work.” Mattie, on the other hand, rarely exercised. David had designed, built, and had a working knowledge of technically advanced weaponry and spy gear. Mattie, on the other hand, was a violinist. David’s head was constantly thinking about his next security innovation while detailed specifications swirled in his brain. Mattie walked around the condominium on the weekends, in her pajamas, and hummed and sang tunes that someone’s grandmother would probably like.

“You should let her go. She might be of some help,” Tom pleaded as he turned off the lights in the briefing room and the three of them headed for the elevator. David had lost people that he had loved very dearly in his life, and he could not imagine the thought of losing Mattie.

David mumbled something back at him then Tom quickly changed the subject as he sensed David’s stubbornness. “What did you bring in your suitcases?” Tom asked him.

After another mumbled word or two, he agreed to show the persistent Tom the suitcase’s contents upstairs in his bedroom. Maybe I am too protective, he thought, and then he led them up the familiar creaking steps, back to the room with the magnificent ocean view.

Once they arrived in the bedroom, Mattie rushed in front of David, reached with aggression and confidence into David’s briefcase, and grabbed his Beretta 21A Bobcat.

“You think I’m an idiot or something!”—when Mattie grabbed his semi-automatic pistol, Tom and David gasped with some exaggerated apprehension, but she waved them back. “Ok gentlemen, now who’s your mama?” she said to an unimpressed David.

“Ok, Mattie, take the safety off then.”—David teased her, and Tom rolled his eyes with skepticism.

“Mattie, can we stop playing around? Just give the gun to me. Please?” Tom begged as he stepped toward Mattie and held a nervous and opened hand in front of her.

“It’s ok, Tom.”—Mattie was in a cocky and playful mood. “Here is the safety.”—Mattie then pushed upward on the barrel release lever, and the tip-up barrel popped up which surprised Mattie for a second because she briefly thought she had broken something. Tom very quickly snatched the gun away, and the two men gave their chauvinistic sighs of relief.

“It’s not that you can’t learn or use this, Mattie.”—David attempted to smooth things out by being diplomatic. “I just don’t want you in any kind of danger. Peter’s factory will be loaded with people, and I am going to have to scope things out first. I’m going to be too preoccupied to worry about you.” Mattie sighed and crossed her arms, determined to show him what she was capable of but not knowing how.

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