Vampires in Hollywood (Peyton Brooks, FBI Book 4) by Hamilton M.L

Author:Hamilton, M.L. [Hamilton, M.L.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-10-13T04:00:00+00:00

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Marco was surprised when his new cell phone rang and Radar’s name flashed across the screen. Grabbing it up, he leaned back in his desk chair and thumbed it on. “D’Angelo?”

“Marco,” came Peyton’s voice. “Hear me out before you hang up on me.”

“Peyton? Where’s your phone?”

“I have it, but Radar made me call on his.”

“Why?”

“Well, let me explain, then you can hang up on him. We want to hire you as a consultant for this case.”

“Wait. What?”

He could hear her draw a deep breath. “Marco, René Noir won’t work with women anymore.” She told him the whole story of their meeting with the temperamental fashion designer, and of how defeated they’d all felt when he refused Bambi, but how Radar and Gwen had come up with a new plan. “René’s cooperation is instrumental to getting into the places that Lavender frequented, but we can’t yet rule him out as a suspect, so we can’t just ask him to take us there. We need to stay undercover.”

“Peyton, I’m sorry. I’m not getting where I come into all this.”

“We need a male model.”

Marco went still.

“Radar’s willing to pay you a consultant fee and Rosa Alvarez will clear it with the Chief. Defino might even be willing to come back and supervise your cases until you return. We need you down here, Marco, but I know this is outside your wheelhouse. Gwen thinks she can teach you enough to get a pass and she’s going to take you shopping to buy a whole new wardrobe. I would never ask this of you because I know how much you hate this sort of stuff, but we’re really in a bind. We haven’t even begun to get a lead on this case and one girl is already dead, Marco, and…”

“I’ll do it.”

Peyton fell silent.

Marco smiled to himself. He knew he’d shocked her, but he didn’t have much choice. The picture he’d received on his phone spooked him and he wanted to be close to her where he could watch her back as he had in the old days. If he had to prance around in stupid tight clothes, he’d do it just to be near her.

“Peyton?”

“I’m sorry, I thought I heard you say you’d do it.”

“If you can get Defino to cover for me, I’ll come down. The flight’s only an hour and a half, so if we get a break on this Murphy case, I’ll just fly back up. That said, I’ll do it, Peyton.”

“Well, okay.” She sounded hesitant and that bothered him, but he wasn’t missing this opportunity to keep his eye on things. “Um, I’ll just have Radar give you the information and I guess I’ll see you here tomorrow.”

“See you then.”

She was silent for another moment, then she said, “Marco?”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you.”

“No problem.”

A moment later, Radar’s voice came on the line. “Okay, look, we’ll get this cleared with the Chief of Police, but you’re going to have to leave the badge there. I’m going to temporarily deputize you as an FBI consultant, so I’ll give you a temporary badge.

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