Double Blind by Iris Johansen

Author:Iris Johansen [Johansen, Iris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

9

FORTY MINUTES LATER Kendra drove into the short-term parking lot at Los Angeles International, parked and got out of the driver’s seat. “Don’t just sit there. Let’s go. I need to get back to San Diego sometime today.”

“Sorry to inconvenience you.” He got out of the car and strolled toward the exit. “I was just surprised. I thought you were just going to drop me off. I didn’t expect you to actually deliver me to my gate.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. The closest I could get would be security.” She stopped before crossing the street to the terminal. “It just occurred to me that you weren’t exactly prepared for this trip. You don’t even have an overnight bag.” She added, “And you don’t have a reservation yet. What if you can’t get a flight out? It might be better if you had someone available to run you to another town or airport if you have trouble.”

“Very wise,” Lynch said solemnly. “And Los Angeles has so few choices in air service. I might be left high and dry.”

“It could happen.” She didn’t look at him as she crossed the street. “I’m just being efficient. Stop being so damn arrogant. I know you think that you can handle anything that comes along from Beijing to Teheran. You probably can. But why not occasionally take a little help? It wouldn’t hurt you. I’ll just go in with you and check it out and then turn and leave if—”

“Hush.” He took her arm and spun her to face him as they reached the terminal. “I’m not arguing. I have no pride where you’re concerned.” He was smiling gently. “Go ahead. Be efficient. Take care of me.” His gaze was on her face. “But do you mind telling me where this came from? One moment you were ready to jettison me into the stratosphere, and the next I’m being cosseted like one of the kids at your studio.”

“No, you’re not,” she said curtly. “Because my kids would never be as self-destructive as you are. They’d never think it was fun to go up against murderers and sickos. And they’d accept my help if I offered.” She frowned. “That last wasn’t quite true. I meant, once I explained and found a way to reach out to them.”

“Yes, by all means, qualify that. I’ve seen how hard you work to reach those kids.” He tilted his head. “Now can we get down to why this is applying to me?”

She shrugged. “On the way to the airport I just started thinking how you want to run everything in your world, but never let any of your rules apply to yourself. First, I found myself actually fretting about it. Then I began getting pissed off.”

“I thought I was getting mixed messages. Elaborate.”

“All this crap about how it would make you feel better if I had more friends around me so that you wouldn’t have to worry. Too bad, Lynch. Not only is it not your business, how many people do you allow to reach out and help you? You cheat all of us.

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