Deadly Intent by Kylie Brant

Author:Kylie Brant
Language: fr
Format: mobi
Tags: Suspense & Thrillers
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2010-11-15T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Well, I at least we’re getting somewhere. Finally.” Kell was glad for once to have the frustration in Raiker’s voice directed somewhere other than at him. He’d e-mailed his boss the results last night after the meeting with Whitman. “I didn’t argue when CBI Director Lanscombe insisted on sending one of his own scientists because there’s no way Whitman can contest the lab results. Saves us time in the long run.”

“It will if she and Jonesy don’t kill each other along the way. When will you be in today?” Kell balanced the phone between his shoulder and chin while he finished pulling on his socks.

“Depends on whether we run into weather. I have one more stop to make and then I’ll be flying back to Denver. Should make it by dinnertime. Did Macy get off all right?”

“I assume so. I heard her moving around in her room well before dawn.” He stopped then, not wanting to give his boss the mistaken impression that he’d been lying awake thinking about Macy on the other side of the wall. Nothing could be further from the truth. After no sleep the night before, he’d gone to bed early and had awakened at his usual time, that’s all.

He straightened, looked around for his belt. Spotted it on the dresser. He had an internal alarm clock. That’s what had kept him from falling back to sleep. Not wondering about the flash of fear that had crossed Macy’s expression the evening before. The one she’d blamed on pretestimony jitters.

Which was, he thought grimly, as he threaded his belt through the loops one-handed, a bunch of shit. Whatever had put that look on her face, it hadn’t been the thought of flying to Chicago for a few hours in a courtroom.

With effort, he shifted his focus from thoughts of her to the conversation. “Oh, you’ll probably hear a few complaints from Whitman about me. He’s not a fan.”

“Hard to believe.”

“I know, right?” He went to the drawer of the bedside table and withdrew his holster and weapon. “He almost . . . almost smiled at Macy last night, though. She’s got this thing, people respond to it.”

“It never pays to underestimate Macy Reid,” Raiker agreed dryly.

“I was wondering . . .” Okay, there was no easy way to secure a shoulder harness with one hand. After he shrugged into it, Kell finally left it open until after the call ended. “How is it exactly that your cases on Castillo crossed? Because I was thinking, she must have had some sort of written communication from him and that’s what put him away. But when I asked her, she got testy so I just . . .”

“Burke.”

He winced a little, recognizing his boss’s tone. “But I guess it doesn’t matter.”

“We’d all be better served if you kept your mind on the case at hand.” Adam sounded a little testy, and this time it was directed at him. Which to be fair wasn’t unusual enough to mention. Kell decided

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