The Worst Spies in the Sector by Skyler Ramirez
Author:Skyler Ramirez [Ramirez, Skyler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-23T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 15
A New Approach and a Fantastic Failure
âIâm hungry,â I announce as we finish our latest full circuit around the casino floor.
âReally?â Jessica says next to me. Weâre arm-in-arm again; it was slowing us down way too much to have to stop when she got hit on every five meters. âHow can you even think of food at a time like this?â
âI can always think of food,â I say, and then drag her toward one of the many restaurants placed around the edges of the casino. This one is a bar and grill, and I feel Jessica pull against me as we near it. By our shipâs clock, itâs breakfast time. By Rishiâs, itâs just after the lunch rush, and the place is only half full.
âNo, Brad, this is not the time,â Lin says harshly, and Iâm a little disappointed. Does she really think I would drink again right in front of her? No, Iâd only do that behind her back.
âRelax,â I tell her, though Carla used to tell me that was one of five words a man should never say to a woman. But Iâm a slow learner, and Carla isnât here. Sheâs with Clarington, hopefully crying into his pudgy shoulder about my death.
I shake off thoughts of my ex-wife. Itâs easy to do that with Jessica Lin on my arm. âRelax,â I say again. âIâm not going to drink anything. But you know what they say about station bars?â
She doesnât reply, but her resistance stops, and she lets me lead her into the restaurant, where a cute little hostess, also in a toga, leads us to a table. After she finishes telling us about the dayâs specials, I do my best to casually ask my planned question.
âSay, weâre trying to meet up with a friend here at the casino, but we canât message him with the comm jamming. Any chance you may have seen him?â
The hostess looks at me with an expression that says, âDo you know how many people I see daily? Iâm going to forget you exist the second you let me leave this tableâ. But I forge ahead anyway.
âYouâd recognize him. Ex-Navy guy. Probably telling all sorts of stories about his time serving over in Prometheus. Ring any bells?â
âWhatâs he look like?â she asks. Shoot, the most obvious question but also the one question I canât answer. Luckily, Jessica saves me.
âSo, this is a little embarrassing,â she tells the hostess. âHeâs more a friend of a friend. Weâve never actually met him. All we know is that heâs here this week, and our mutual friend said he could hook us up with some concert tickets weâve been after for months.â
The hostess nods dubiously but doesnât argue, and luckily doesn't ask the guy's name, because we don't know that either. âDoesnât remind me of anyone weâve had through here. Sorry I canât help you.â
Iâm about to shrug it off when something hits my shin hard. I yelp, drawing a surprised look from the hostess, but I
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