Buried Secrets: PAVAD: FBI Case File #0005 (PAVAD: FBI Case Files) by Calle J. Brookes

Author:Calle J. Brookes [Brookes, Calle J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781948328678
Publisher: Lost River Lit Publishing, L.L.C.
Published: 2020-05-23T18:30:00+00:00

35

Miranda texted Jac back quickly, a small smile touching her lips, several hours after the attack. Jac cared. It was why she was being so obsessive. She must have sent ten texts since Miranda had been released from the hospital. Miranda got it.

Jac had very few people in her life to care about. Miranda and Natalie, Jac’s younger sister, topped that list—along with Max and his daughter, Emery. Always Max.

“Everything ok back with the troops?” Knight asked quietly. He hadn’t said much since she’d stepped back out to the waiting room at the Evalyn hospital. Neither of them had mentioned the half-second kiss. Brief, fleeting, completely unprofessional, but Miranda wouldn’t be forgetting it anytime soon. “No one got attacked by ducks or anything?”

“Marin’s little flock isn’t aggressive.”

“No kidding. They follow that dog everywhere.”

“Of course, they do. She raised them. With help from Marin and Dusty.” Miranda leaned back and closed her eyes. Just for a moment. They’d given her a mild pain killer, and it was actually starting to help. She was glad she had a chauffeur tonight. Even if Knight was starting to freak her out on a personal level. “Dusty brought them home for Marin to use in the garden last year. The post office received a shipment too late to forward them to the original purchaser. So the vet’s office found them a home. With us. Dusty works as a tech for Matt Masterson on the weekends. They are great pest control. But Chloe went crazy over them. They’re her little herd. She brings them in from the garden and the pond every evening. It’s her job.”

“The dog can barely walk.”

“I know.” The time would come when she’d have to say goodbye to Chloe, but Miranda wasn’t going to think about that right now. Not tonight. “Jac and Max just headed back to the inn.”

“What’s the deal with them?”

Miranda closed her eyes. Knight…exhausted her. Especially now. “I don’t know what you mean.”

“Sure you do. You’ve been trying to mess with Max Jones’s head from the time they got here. Throwing the two of them together. So, spill.”

Miranda sighed, fighting irritation. She wanted to use the time on the drive to sleep. Not talk to him about her friends. But Knight was the relentless type. Probably always got what he wanted when he pushed. “They were super close, but they argued. And they’ve yet to make up.”

“Romantically close? Hear there’s a lot of that in PAVAD.”

“Not statistically. Just more often than other divisions, because PAVAD tends to draw the more adventurous, who are often still single. Things happen sometimes. And, no. Jac and Max were not romantically involved. They just argued. Any more than that, and you’ll have to ask them. I don’t gossip about my friends’ business. Because they matter to me.” She yawned once she was finished speaking.

Knight reached out and turned up the heat. “Sleep it off, Talley. You can pick at me later.”

“Just don’t get us lost. I’m really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight.

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