Detour, Ericka Stone Case #008 by Felicia Rogers

Author:Felicia Rogers [Rogers, Felicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Ericka and the other female recruits sat on the porch of the kitchen and enjoyed the cool afternoon air. The men ran past.

“Why are they running again?”

“One of them got caught on the phone.”

Ericka swallowed. Greg had gotten the message and had decided he needed to use the phone. He must have felt it was super important to risk making the entire troop hate him.

“Ross is so hot!”

“Celina!”

“Well, I can’t help it. He is.” Celina licked her lips and made yum noises.

The other ladies snickered behind their hands. Ericka felt like she was back in grade school. Celina was right that Ross Vetter was the one of the hottest things on two legs, but to say it where his sister, their own Staff Sergeant might hear, didn’t sound safe.

“What about Dave? He’s not bad looking.”

“Pshaw. Dave. I’ve seen better things in my ditch at home in Louisiana.”

Celina’s comment sent the others into fits of hysterical laughter. Nina didn’t seem to like it.

“Are you comparing him to a crawdad?”

“I could be.” Celina twisted her head to the side and blinked her eyelids rapidly with a don’t care attitude.

“Sherry, what do you think? You dated Dave.”

Sherry had shrunk back from the group until she was almost on the other side of the porch. “Well, um, I—”

“The point is she stopped dating him. Now if you want to run out and date the crawdad, go for it. I’m sure he is nice. But there is more to it than being nice.”

“And there is more to it than being good-looking.” Cassandra, the private that worked in the main office, came out of the kitchen and stopped behind them.

Celina jumped to her feet and saluted. The rest followed suit. Ericka had no idea why, they all held the same rank, but she followed along just in case she was missing something.

“At ease. I need to speak with Private Stein.”

“Of course.” Celina acted like it was her place to give permission.

Ericka went along with it again and followed Cassandra to the office. Once they were behind closed doors, Cassandra began to speak.

“Private Kane used the phone.”

“I gathered.”

“He believes that Chopin, a legend here, stole secret files and died trying to get away with them.”

All the information that she had given him. So, he believed her and must have had a way to confirm it. “And?”

“And this is going to cause trouble. Commander Whitney was not happy when Greg took him the information.”

“I see.” She paused. “What happens now?”

“I’ve put in a call for help. I honestly don’t know what will happen.”

“Thank you for the heads up.”

“Of course. Just keep up with your troop and follow the rules until you can get out of here.”

“Why are you helping?”

She shrugged. “I have a sense of moral justice that I can’t shake I guess you could say.”

“Well thank you.”

“You’re welcome. Now go back to your troop.”

“What should I tell them we discussed?”

“How about you tell them that you heard someone say how hot Staff Sergeant Vetter is and that you wouldn’t give up the name of who said it.

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