Agent Colt by A.L. Wright

Author:A.L. Wright [Wright, A.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

A fruit platter was empty on the bedside table, with a dusting of crumbs from the finger sandwiches spread over it. Two glasses sat next to the tray, empty, with a bottle of white wine resting in a bucket of ice, only a few drops left at the bottom.

The enormous slice of chocolate cake rested on the bed between Vaneesa and me, and she took turns between making loud ‘mmmm’ noises and feeding me moist forkfuls. Nothing ever seemed to faze her workwise, but seeing her completely relaxed here made me feel as if something was finally right in my life since leaving Texas.

We had been plotting Philip’s downfall since the arrival of the food and had come up with some crazy scenarios on top of a few good ideas. I realized one thing that every one of those scenarios had in common. The lack of involvement of my partner. Stabbed by guilt, I felt terrible sitting here absorbed in my own pleasures, and forgetting about Isaiah.

“I wonder how Isaiah is dealing with this mission. Nothing seems to include him, except for a couple of backdrops and being involved in random planning and intel gathering.”

Vaneesa stopped and stared at me, fork halfway to her mouth. Blinking, she popped the bite of cake into her mouth and chewed thoughtfully before answering.

“Well, besides the fact that he is a pig, he is a good agent. This has to be getting under his skin pretty good, fed everything second hand. I mean, even the lunch with Philip went forward without Isaiah being there. I didn’t think about it at the time, but I wonder why he wasn’t included?”

“Do you think he has been left out on purpose?”

“I believe that this whole situation was unplanned, and we are handling it the best way we can. We had no Intel on anyone here before we settled in. The direction given to us was to set up a base of operations and a full cover. We’ve still managed to do that, but then we kinda fell head first into this case. Now we move forward like the calculated professionals that we are, and kick some butt!” Vaneesa giggled after she said this, and it was obvious the wine and sugar were having its effect on her.

Her giggle made me smile, though, and I accepted the bite of cake she offered me.

“You know, Colonel Lyon hasn’t given us any defined roles, besides my cover as an heiress. You think he’s testing us? I’ve always had my orders and Intel laid out in specifics, and now that I’m in the planning seat I feel like we’ve just gone different ways. There’s no cohesion.” I was pretty confused about it all. “And more than that, something just feels off about this case. I had thought at first it was due to the lack of planning, plunging in, so to speak, but now I’m not so sure. There’s something about Philip. He just doesn’t feel like a bad guy.”

“Well, he’s trying to sell weapons illegally.

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