Cross & Crown by Abigail Roux

Author:Abigail Roux [Roux, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

o,” Hagan drawled with a knowing look at Nick

“Sas soon as he appeared for breakfast. His hair was

mussed and he was still wearing his T-shirt and jeans from

last night.

Nick glanced at him, shaking his head as he tended to

breakfast. He knew Hagan would give him hell.

“Where’s your boy?” Hagan asked. He slid into the

banquette on the other side of the kitchen counter so he

could watch Nick cook.

“Still in bed.” Nick glanced at him, glaring briefly. “Okay,

go on.”

“I didn’t hear a thing,” Hagan claimed, and he reached

for the plate of food that was ready. “How long have you

been up?”

“Not long. I got a search going for robberies where papers

or historical documents were taken. It’s worldwide, though,

so might be a while.”

“Solid. What are we going to do with your hit man?”

Nick shrugged, glancing at the stairs. “Help him, I guess.

That’s what I promised him I’d do.”

“You ever make a promise and then think, ehhhh?”

Nick snickered, flipped a pancake in the air, and then

dropped it back in the pan.

“Got any coffee?”

“I don’t drink coffee. I’ve got tea.”

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Hagan shrugged, wrinkling his nose. “This city was

founded on the concept of tossing tea into the harbor.”

“That is . . . no. It was not.”

There was a thump from below. A few moments later

Kelly popped his head over the railing and sniffed the air like a dog. “Is that bacon?”

“And eggs, and pancakes. Come on,” Nick said to him. He

looked back to Hagan. “Appointment with the shrink at nine.

Can you handle it, or should we get a few uniforms on it?”

“I got it covered,” Hagan said as he tried to swallow a

mouthful of eggs. “Damn, kid, this is good. I didn’t know you

could cook.”

Kelly slipped behind Nick and grabbed a plate. He

kept his hand on the small of Nick’s back, ostensibly so

Nick wouldn’t back into him in the small galley. When he

moved again, though, his hand stayed there. He gave Nick

a sideways grin before dragging his fingers across Nick’s hip

and moving away.

Nick shivered violently. He was so intent on Kelly that

he burned himself on the stove when he reached for the pan.

He was still cursing and sucking on the end of his finger as

he scrambled for his aloe plant when JD and Julian both

joined them.

“Smooth, Detective,” Julian commented. His voice was

just as droll as Nick remembered it being from their first

meeting.

Nick broke off a tip of one of the aloe leaves and rubbed

it over his finger, casting a glare in Julian’s direction. “I had an idea last night,” Nick told him.

“Really? I can’t imagine where you got the time,” Julian

drawled.

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Nick narrowed his eyes, but he wasn’t the type to be

embarrassed about much of anything. “If that star is in Boston, I know someone who might be able to help us find it.”

Julian perked up at that. He glanced at the others, who

were all watching Nick with wide eyes. “And who might

that be?”

“Well, it’s stolen goods. Even in 1908, there were only so

many people you could go to with stolen goods and keep it

quiet for this long.”

“That’s a very bad idea,” Hagan blurted.

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