Violet Darger (Book 4): Bad Blood by L.T. Vargus & Tim McBain

Author:L.T. Vargus & Tim McBain [Vargus, L.T.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Crime | Thriller | Mystery | Suspense
Publisher: Smarmy Press
Published: 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Jaworski’s neighborhood seemed less affected by the blight than most. They passed only a few structures with boarded windows, and very few of the lots had been demolished.

The houses were small and looked like they’d been built in the 50s or 60s. Each one was a single-story, square box with a postage stamp lawn and just enough space between houses to pull your car up beside it. There were small garages and carports here and there, but mostly there wasn’t room.

744 Salignac Avenue was one such single-story box. The aluminum siding was a strange peach color that reminded Darger orange sherbet.

A pair of white plastic lawn chairs kept watch over a few scraggly potted plants. Judging by the cages protruding from the pots, Darger thought they were tomatoes.

The SUV registered to Dominik Jaworski was in the driveway, snugged up against the side of the house.

Darger pointed down the street, where a cluster of vehicles lined the sidewalk.

“Pull up and park alongside that little brick house.”

“I thought you said you only wanted to drive by.”

“Don’t puss out on me now, Special Agent Luck.”

He shot her a miffed look but did as she said, easing the car up behind a pick-up truck so covered in rust it was hard to tell what color it had been originally. She wondered if the registration listed the color as “iron oxide.”

Luck put the car in park and slouched against the door in such a way that couldn’t be ignored. She leaned past him to adjust the side mirror on her side of the car to give her a better view of Jaworski’s house.

“Are you pouting?”

“No. I just forgot what a lovely vocabulary you have.”

She had to mentally rewind to determine what particular word might have offended him.

“Puss out?” she guessed.

“Well, it’s not the most lady-like language.”

Darger blew a dismissive puff of air out her nose and let her eyes fall back on the mirror.

“Who the fuck ever said I was a lady?”

Darger was glad they were in her rental instead of Luck’s car. Most of the cars on the street were older models, so she worried a little that the newer Hyundai Elantra would still stick out, but it was infinitely less suspicious than Luck’s car. Or so she hoped.

“I knew this was going to be trouble. As soon as Price stuck us together, I knew.”

Luck seemed to be talking more to himself to her.

“Are you still whining over there?” she asked.

He ignored her.

“Should have asked him to put me with Loshak. Because I can tell you right now, you wouldn’t be pulling any of this rogue crap if you were paired up with Price.”

She turned to face him, studied his pinstripe suit.

“I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but the ‘I’ in FBI stands for Investigation.”

Luck’s eyes narrowed.

“Actually, I’m surprised you know that. I thought maybe you were under the impression the ‘I’ stood for Insubordination.”

“We’re following a lead! How is that insubordinate?”

“Holding back key information from the rest of the task force isn’t the kind of thing that gets you a Letter of Commendation.

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