Forbidden Fruit 1 and 2 -The Forbidden Fruit Series Part 1 and Part 2 by Melanie Brooks

Author:Melanie Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melanie Brooks
Published: 2015-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 1

Nikki

My phone buzzed.

It was a text from Uzbeke saying he and six other agents were outside. He said they were coming for Jon and I’d better leave if I didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire.

I cursed. I couldn't let Uzbeke take Jon. I knew Frank was desperate to find Eduardo and that he’d give Uzbeke a free hand. That meant torture. The FBI always denied using such methods and never had before 9/11, but since then the rules had changed. A cold sweat ran down my back as I thought of Jon at the mercy of that thug Uzbeke. I couldn’t let it happen—I wouldn’t.

“Don’t do anything,” l said as strongly as I could without raising my voice. “I’m coming down.”

Before Uzbeke could answer I ended the call, shoved the phone in my pocket, ran out of the apartment and got the elevator down to the ground floor—all the time hoping he would wait. I knew he still had the hots for me. Maybe that would buy me a couple of minutes.

When I reached the ground floor I ran out of the building onto the street, jerking my head left and right. Uzbeke was around fifty yards away with a bunch of guys from our department. I ran over to him.

“Uzbeke, you can’t do this. I’m in the middle of an operation. If you arrest Jon, you’ll wreck it and we’ll lose our best chance of finding Eduardo.” I spoke fast and breathlessly, gasping from the run.

Uzbeke looked at me like I was from Mars.

“You had your chance, Nikki. You’ve gotten nowhere in three weeks. It’s time to take off the gloves.” One corner of his mouth had turned up as he said the last few words. The bastard was looking forward to hurting Jon.

“Torture won’t work,” I said, stepping right up to him, so close I could smell his sweat. “You know that.”

“It’ll work,” replied Uzbeke, his smile obvious now. “Carlos is flesh and blood like any other man. After ten minutes with me, he’ll beg to talk.”

I flinched, shocked. A vivid mental image of Uzbeke torturing Jon had flashed through my mind. Struggling to keep the tremor out of my voice, I said, “Sure, he’ll talk, but he won’t tell you the truth.”

“I’m done arguing with you,” said Uzbeke, suddenly dropping the smile.

“Frank wants this, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.”

I realized I’d overrated my credit with Uzbeke and underrated how much he hated Jon.

“Okay, but take me along,” I replied in desperation. “I can help talk him down.”

Uzbeke fixed his eyes on mine.

“You not thinking of tipping Pesci off, are you, Nikki?”

“How can I do that?” I said, making a face. “I’m surrounded by six heavily armed FBI agents.”

Uzbeke flushed a little at the mocking tone in my voice. I knew he had a big, fragile ego and couldn’t bear any challenge to his competency. At least that’s what I was banking on.

“Just make damn sure you keep out of our way, Nikki,” he said before signaling the others to move in.

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