Amber Storm (Assassin In Paradise Book 1) by Jack Stroke

Author:Jack Stroke [Stroke, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-26T22:00:00+00:00

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On their way back through Paradise Cove, they passed the park and the scout hall. Like the other day, the door was wide open.

Amber pulled over and told Joan she would see her back at the cabins later.

“Where are you going?”

“I think Vaughan is playing basketball in there.” She indicated to the scout hall.

This at least brought a smile to the old lady’s tired face, believing Amber to be stopping to chat to a potential love interest. Amber though, had other things on her mind.

She wandered in. Sure enough, Vaughan was practising his shooting. From what Amber could see, he needed the practice.

“Hey,” she said. “Not working today?”

“Not working any day,” Vaughan replied. The majority of shots he took missed entirely. A few hit the ring and bounced away. Amber watched him, that unsettled feeling about Vaughan refusing to let up.

“I have to ask you something.”

“Shoot,” Vaughan said, shooting and missing once more.

“You know the boat out near Hidden Beach?”

“Hidden Beach?”

“The Point. The other side of The Point.”

“The boat you didn’t go on the other day when you were swimming in your clothes?”

“Yes, that one.”

“What about it?”

“You warned me about getting my photo taken on it. Why?”

“What’s it worth to you?”

“Excuse me?”

“Kidding.”

Vaughan shuffled to retrieve his ball, in no hurry.

“Do you know Grubby? He works in the bait shop.”

“No, never met him.”

“Oh, you’d like him. Good guy, Grubby. Anyway, he was saying he knew a guy who installed the security on the boat. Reckons they’ve got some pretty high-tech stuff on board.”

Yeah, no kidding. Motion detector triggered cameras.

“Why?”

“That’s the question, isn’t it?”

He shot again. The ball rolled to Amber. She picked it up.

“You play? How about a little one-on-one?” Vaughan asked.

“What’s the security on the boat for?”

“That’s the point. The guy didn’t know. Why install such high-tech stuff on an ordinary boat like that? The guy had installed similar equipment before but on multi-million dollar high-end yachts, which that one is definitely not.”

Amber nodded, tossing back the ball. Clearly whoever owned the boat was trying to protect something on board.

“Do you know who the boat belongs to?”

“Nope. But I might be able to find out for you, if you want.” He shot again and missed. “It will cost you though.”

“Cost me?”

“I could find out everything I can about the boat for you… if you go on a date with me.”

Amber cut him to shreds with her eyes. “No chance.”

“Are you sure?”

“Quite.”

“Suit yourself, kid. I could find out some pretty interesting stuff about that boat though.”

“Even if you did, it wouldn’t be worth it.”

“Ouch. Why would one date with me be so terrible?”

“I don’t know. I’m lucky though. It’s not something I will ever have to find out.”

Amber strode outside, leaving Vaughan to his game.

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