Framed in Death by J. D. Robb

Author:J. D. Robb
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Chapter Thirteen

After dinner, Roarke changed from his ruler-of-a-business-empire suit into casual pants and shirt. When he came back, Eve eyed the black leather jacket he’d added.

“You’re wearing the jacket because you’re carrying.”

“We’re going to Times Square in the area of porn theaters and sex shops. So I’m carrying, yes.”

She only shrugged as they started out. “Like you never trolled Times Square in the area of porn theaters and sex shops before tonight.”

“By the time I came to New York, I didn’t have a need to resort to picking pockets.”

“It wouldn’t have been for need.”

Amused, he gave her a cheerful one-arm hug.

“Ah, well, she knows me. If I did so for fun, I’d choose an area where the take would be more profitable. Or at least more challenging.”

He crossed to the door. “No doubt if I’d come across you in your uniform, I’d have had other things in mind than your pockets.”

She repeated her side-eye. “You think I wouldn’t have made you as a street thief, Ace?”

“We’ll never know, will we now?”

She stepped out, frowned at the sexy two-seater in screaming red. “That’s not my vehicle.”

“Would you like it?” Taking her hand, he led her to it.

She just shook her head and got in.

“It’s a new model,” Roarke told her, and started the engine with its lion’s roar. “One that will hit the global market next week.”

“What’s new?”

“Well now, there’s this. Sky mode.” He pointed up.

She looked, and saw the sky through the now-transparent roof.

“And this.”

The car didn’t just shift to vertical. It soared so they were down the drive and over the gates in seconds flat.

“Okay, I’m giving you this and this. Sky mode’s pretty damn frosty, and this car moves.”

He landed on the street again as smooth as a man spreading butter on warm bread.

“The battery’s the size of my hand, and will fully auto-charge in under seven minutes. We’ve been working on that for near to three years. She has all the safety features and anti-theft shields of your DLE. And full luxury options.”

“In a smaller, sexier package.”

“We have a more sedate sedan model, a coupe, and an all-terrain, as well as a mini. We’ll introduce vans and trucks after the first of the year.”

“That should cover it. How many of those are in the garage back home?”

“Just this and an AT.”

“How about limos and those big party buses?”

He glanced over with a smile. “In design at the moment.”

“It’s a wonder you have time to talk to a couple of street LCs strolling Times Square.”

Reaching over, he rubbed a hand over hers. “A man needs his entertainment.”

“Work is your entertainment.”

“True enough. Aren’t I the fortunate one?”

“Stay fortunate and find a lot for this thing. It’s going to attract every jacker or booster in a five-mile radius. With the anti-theft shields, I’m going to end up with a pile of dazed thieves on the street and sidewalk.”

She took a breath. “Which serves them right, but sticks me with a mountain of paperwork.”

“I can personally attest vehicles can be boosted from car parks.

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