Depraved by Eva Charles

Author:Eva Charles [Charles, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quarry Road Publishing
Published: 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

16

Julian

It’s after ten-thirty, and I’ve poured down more than my share of booze and filled my belly with hot food, now there’s just one more thing I’d like to fill. Just one more thing that’s missing from making this a perfect night. But that’s not going to happen—not tonight, anyway. Instead of looking for trouble, I call Chase, again.

“Hey,” he says, sounding a hell of a lot more relaxed than he did when I called him earlier, on my way out of Sayle’s. “What’s good?”

“We missed you at dinner tonight. You need to get your ass back down here.”

“I’m workin’ on it.”

“Work harder. Are you still in meetings, or can you talk now?”

“Talk away. This is a secure line.”

I smile. Sometimes I forget how clever and grown-up he is. And sneaky. “Good. I’ve got a couple things I need your help with.”

“As long as it doesn’t involve hacking Gabby’s security system or jamming her phone lines. I’m done with that. You need to leave her alone.”

“Why? You’re not trying to weasel in on my girl, are you?”

“I’m not a seven-year-old, and she’s not your girl.”

When they were little kids, Chase and Zack were always following Gabrielle around, trying to get her to play. I would always tease them about trying to steal my girlfriend, and Gabrielle would always pretend she liked them more than me. Life was simpler then. Everybody was happy. “You need to get a sense of humor.”

“What do you want?”

“Do you know anything about some bullshit meeting on the Mediterranean with DW and some foreign leaders? I’m guessing they’re from countries not aligned with ours, otherwise it wouldn’t be such a huge fucking secret.”

“They don’t exactly invite me to high-level foreign policy meetings. But I’ll poke around.”

Poke around. Jesus. Before this is over we’ll all be in prison—my brothers for being careless, and me for strangling my father for compromising them. “Keep your eyes and ears open, but you are not to hack into anything that even smells like government business. They put you in jail and throw away the key for shit like that.”

“Whatever.”

“Whatever my ass. Stay the fuck away from that shit, Chase.”

“When did you become so concerned with foreign policy?”

I draw in a breath and blow it out noisily. Sometimes I feel like I share too much with Chase. Ah, fuck. He needs to hear about this. “DW invited Gray. He’s the front man. I don’t want him involved in anything illegal. Gray’s too trusting. DW won’t think twice about dumping the whole mess in his lap if it turns sour.”

“I’ll look around. Discreetly, of course.”

“The answer is still no. Do not hack into anything that involves the feds. But if your fingers are itchy, there is something you can hack into for me.”

“I’m listening.”

“Know anything about SOLO?”

“The red cups we use for beer pong?”

“Funny. Glad you found your sense of humor.”

“What’s SOLO?”

“That’s what I want to know. It’s an acronym for Sayle Only Logistical Operations.”

“What a stupid name.”

“Tell me about it. I spent all afternoon at Sayle.

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