Choked Up by Hank Edwards

Author:Hank Edwards [Edwards, Hank]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Startled Monkeys Media
Published: 2016-09-06T22:00:00+00:00

21

Mark lay on his back across the width of the bed, staring up at the ceiling. It had been good to spend time with Calvin earlier, but he had a lot of questions spinning through his brain that he wished he'd asked. Questions relating to the case as well as Calvin's new position at the community center.

The sound of Pearce entering the room brought Mark up to a sitting position and he smiled. "Hi, honey, I'm still home."

Pearce responded with a tired smirk as he walked around the foot of the bed and shrugged out of his suit jacket. "I see that."

"Long day?" Mark asked.

"Longer than most, shorter than some."

Pearce stood at the window with his back to Mark, the suit jacket tossed across the armchair in the corner as he kicked off his shoes. Mark took in his broad shoulders beneath the white dress shirt, then dropped his gaze to the rounded swell of his ass. Pearce looked good in everything he wore, but Mark especially liked to see him in a suit. He watched as Pearce stared out over the city and slowly unbuttoned his shirt.

"Anything I can do to help?" Mark asked.

"Stay inside the room," Pearce replied in a low voice.

Mark sighed. "Well, it's a bit too late for that."

Pearce turned, his shirt hanging open and exposing the long length of his torso covered by a white undershirt. "You left the hotel?"

Mark nodded. "I did. I went to lunch with Calvin and then to see the community center where he works. He got a promotion."

"You left the hotel." This time it was a statement, and his voice had a darker tone.

"Look, I couldn't just sit here all day."

"Well then, goddammit, you should have thought about that before you drove here."

Pearce pulled his shirt off and paced the room. Mark listened to the swishing sound of his pants and watched his hands wave in the air as he talked.

"You know who I'm up against here, and you know how dangerous he is. You're coming here just plays right into his game. He murdered that kid Tristan just because I talked to him. If he learns you're here in town, he'd love nothing more than to hurt you to get to me. Do you see that? Do you get just how crazy dangerous this whole situation is?"

"I know, and I'm sorry my coming here has made you so angry," Mark said from his spot on the bed. "But I saw how worn down you looked and just had to come. You shouldn't be working on this alone."

"I'm not alone! For fuck's sake, I'm working with a partner. We're working the case files together."

"You're working with someone you don't know to solve murders committed by someone he's never met," Mark stated as his heart pounded. He fought the urge to scratch at his left elbow, and when Pearce stopped at the foot of the bed to glare at him, Mark glared right back.

"Jake is an agent of the FBI. He's trained to investigate these kinds of cases.

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