Deep Disclosure by Davis Dee

Author:Davis, Dee [Davis, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9781609419387
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2011-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Milo lived on a block of cookie-cutter houses in Algiers. The neighborhood had flourished recently, but there were still pockets of poverty and areas where urban crime was frequent. Milo had chosen to straddle the line, which considering that he also played fast and loose with the law, made complete and total sense to Alexis.

“Whatever Milo’s gotten himself involved in here, it’s not your fault,” Tucker said, uncannily reading her mind. “If we’re right and he set you up, that means he’s playing for the other team. Or at least taking money from them.”

“It doesn’t matter. If he hadn’t been linked with me in the first place, they’d never have used him to get to me.”

Harrison pulled their latest car, a Volvo, in front of the house, and the three of them got out, Tucker with his hand on the butt of his gun.

“Maybe I should go first so we don’t spook him,” Alexis suggested, already moving toward the front door.

“No way.” Tucker shook his head. “This guy’s already screwed you over once. We don’t need to give him an opportunity to do it again.”

“He’d never hurt me. No matter what he’s done, I refuse to believe he’d intentionally put me in harm’s way.”

“Believe what you want,” Harrison said, “but the guy gave the killers an easy way to find you. If that’s not putting you in the middle of a firefight, I don’t know what is.”

“Okay, fine.” She sighed. “We’ll go together.”

She wasn’t about to admit it, but she actually felt better with the two of them on either side of her. She’d seen them both in action and knew firsthand what they were capable of. And although she was used to acting on her own, it was kind of nice to have friends.

She shot a sideways glance at Tucker as they walked up onto the front porch. If she were honest, she’d have to admit that she was starting to think of him as more than a friend. But, unlike her previous thoughts, this one didn’t give her comfort. Truth was, it made her stomach feel like the entire cast of Riverdance had taken up residence there.

Harrison reached out to ring the bell and they waited, the humidity making the day feel hotter than it really was.

“No answer,” Tucker said, reaching for the doorknob. “I guess we’ll just have to invite ourselves in.”

The door opened easily, and Alexis’s stomach upped the tempo a notch, her fear morphing into worry for her friend. “Milo?” she called as they stepped inside.

The house was cool after the heat of the sun—and dark. It took a minute for her eyes to adjust. The living room looked exactly the same as the last time she’d seen it, except for the addition of a new plasma television.

“Clearly didn’t do his research,” Harrison said, indicating the TV. “LED is the only way to go.”

“Milo?” Alexis called again, but there was no answer, just the sound of the back door opening.

“Shit,” Tucker said, “he’s trying to run.

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