To Honor We Call You: A Florida Action Adventure Novel (Scott Jarvis Private Investigator Book 9) by Scott Cook

Author:Scott Cook [Cook, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Spindrift Press
Published: 2020-12-21T22:00:00+00:00

Morning came, as it so often seems to. Of course, at least for us, morning began around nine. My eyes popped open and I looked at the nightstand alarm clock with disapproval. I’m usually up by seven most mornings… but I’m usually in bed before four a.m., too.

I sighed and went to extricate myself from Lisa’s warm body. She groaned and pressed closer.

“No…” She mumbled. “You stay right here…”

“Sorry, kid,” I replied. “Duty calls… for both of us.”

“Just a few more minutes… I’ll touch your wiener…” She sing-songed this last.

I chuckled, “you’re already touching it with your leg right now.”

“No, I mean with my moist portions, as you would say.”

I laughed out loud, “Good grief! Sides… I gotta tinkle.”

“Blast!”

We got dressed and packed and went out into the dining and kitchen area. Aleja was already there, sitting at the counter and drinking a cup of coffee.

“Where’s George?” I asked after kissing her.

“He had to go to a meeting,” Aleja said glumly.

“We’re gonna find a place to stay, Mom,” Lisa announced.

Aleja frowned, “you don’t have to, mija. I talked to George this morning. You can stay here.”

“No, it’s for the best,” Lisa said. “I’m sorry about the boat, but I didn’t have much choice. But George seems to have more problems with us, or Scott or whatever, than just that. Its better if we’re not here and maybe he’ll cool down or whatever. Besides, we’ve got work to do. We can still hang out, Mom. We’ll do lunch and dinner and shopping and whatever else, we just won’t stay here.”

Aleja looked crestfallen. I know she wanted us to stay. She loved having her daughter close at hand, “Oh, honey…”

“Let’s see how it goes,” I said. “If George truly changes his mind… maybe we’ll come back tomorrow night.”

Aleja looked into my eyes, “He didn’t mean those things he said, mijo. He admires you very much.”

“Like I said to Lisa, he was probably just venting,” I shrugged, “but he still said them, Aleja. Words are like toothpaste. Once they’re out, it’s really hard to put them back in. Like I said, we’ll see. Besides, things are getting a bit intense anyway. I’d rather not involve you two in it.”

I took a cup of coffee out onto the pool deck and called Ray Tavares. He needed to know what I’d found out over the last twenty-four hours.

“Good morning,” he answered. “I hope all is well. Your grandfather?”

I said he was and began to explain what had happened in Stuart and what had happened yesterday. Ray listened intently until I finished relating what had happened early that morning.

He sighed, “I received a call from the Coast Guard about the boat. I was wondering what the whole story was. Ay dios mio… what are your plans now?”

“First to find a hotel,” I said. “Then regroup and start figuring this out. I think it’s a lot bigger than just smuggling dope, Ray. There’s some connection to Nicaragua or Costa Rica or Columbia or all three… Manuel Garcia showing up like that is no coincidence.

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