Balance of Power by David Archer

Author:David Archer [Archer, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Kate grinned and motioned for him to follow her, leading him into a small bedroom. There was a single bed in the room, along with a dresser and a small desk. “Start by settling yourself in here. This will be your room while you’re with me, but I understand that won’t be very long. According to my briefing, you’ve got a wife coming soon?”

“Yep,” Noah said. “Her name is Angie, and she’s bringing her little brother with her, too. He’s a tall, skinny computer nerd.”

Kate looked at him sideways. “And are they—are they like you?”

“Not exactly,” Noah said. “Angie really is my wife, and Neil is part of my team. He’s my intelligence specialist—that boy can do things with a computer that would amaze anybody.”

Kate nodded. “Okay, I just wondered. From here on out, we won’t ever discuss your mission unless you need to tell me something or ask any questions. It’s safe enough at the moment—I just scanned for bugs this morning—but we need to avoid any risks we can. Go ahead and unpack your stuff, while I put on some coffee. You do drink coffee, right?”

“Yes, and that would be welcome.” Noah dropped his bag on the bed and opened it, then started putting his clothes into the dresser. Everything he brought with him fit into the top drawer, and he set the empty bag on the floor beside the desk.

Kate was still standing in the doorway. “Well, that didn’t take long. Come on out to the kitchen.”

Noah followed her and sat down at the kitchen table while she busied herself with the coffee maker. “Nice little house,” he said. “What’s it like around here?”

“This is a pretty decent neighborhood,” Kate replied. “I guess the whole town is actually kind of nice, and you don’t really hear about a lot of what goes on behind the scenes. Morgan, as bad as he is, tends to keep the riffraff out of the area. I mean, don’t get me wrong, every town around here has its share of tweakers and drunks, but most of them are more afraid of Morgan than they are of the cops. Unless you get on his bad side, you can leave your door standing wide open while you’re gone for a week on vacation, and when you get back, everything will be just the way you left it. Morgan can’t stand thieves, unless they work for him. The last guy who broke into somebody’s house in Berryville was found beaten half to death out by the fairgrounds. That was a year and a half ago.”

“Well, I definitely hope to get on his good side. Any idea how I can do that?”

“A couple,” she said. “He hangs out most evenings at a bar over in Eureka, a place called the Barn. It’s a pretty decent club, live music and all that, so you should check it out. If you can get close enough to talk to him, make sure he gets a look at that car of yours.

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