Wind Storm (The Gathering Storm Book 3) by Marlow Kelly

Author:Marlow Kelly [Kelly, Marlow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Viceroy Press
Published: 2020-04-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

A knot formed in Sinclair’s stomach as she stared up at the five-story PDE building. It was constructed of gray granite blocks and must be nearly a hundred years old. She seemed to remember that it used to be a hotel before Public Domain Energy purchased it and converted it into their headquarters.

Michael maneuvered the old Ford pickup into a parking spot at the rear of the building. The square was well known to both of them. It had been their “home” when they were on the streets. She remembered every doorway where they’d slept, the good places to beg, and the best dumpsters to find food.

She wore her jeans and one of Michael’s plaid shirts. It was long enough to hang over her waistband and conceal her weapon. They didn’t have access to any fancy disguises. The best she could do was cover her hair with a scarf Nadie had found. She would’ve also preferred to dress in something that more closely resembled a custodian’s uniform, but they didn’t have access to those clothes so they would have to wing it. When her stomach cramped again, she reminded herself that the PDE staff weren’t hunting them, just Lucy and her thugs.

Michael wore a pair of sweats and a ragged shirt, which somehow accentuated his muscular arms. He pulled his baseball cap low over his brow and then grabbed his backpack. After rummaging through, he passed her a lanyard with a security card attached. PDE was printed in bold blue letters next to a photograph of a short, dark-haired man.

“There’s a back door that requires me—”

“This guy looks nothing like me. There is no way I’ll get past security with this.” She held up the ID.

He opened the truck door. “It doesn’t have to look like you.” His tone implied he was explaining quantum physics to a child. “There’s no security checkpoint. Everyone in that building wears one. You’ll stand out if you don’t have it on. Besides, security guards hardly ever look at the picture.”

“The words ‘hardly ever’ implies that sometimes they do.” She joined him as they headed toward the back door. “Did you recon this building when you were here before?”

He nodded. “Once I realized this went a lot deeper than the head of a power company, I decided I would come back and take a look. It never occurred to me Portman would hit me with his car. I need you to block me from the camera.”

She glanced at the half-globe security monitor up high on the wall by the entrance and positioned herself so she stood in front of Michael.

He produced a computer and a small power screwdriver from his bag and removed the front of the panel. “While I’m doing this, you could flirt a bit.”

“Flirt? I don’t know how to flirt, and even if I did, this wouldn’t be the time.”

“I would’ve thought you’d be good at it, seeing as you only do casual relationships.” Using another tool that looked like a screwdriver but with a different tip, he attached three wires to the chip.

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