Gunning for Trouble by HelenKay Dimon

Author:HelenKay Dimon [Dimon, HelenKay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9781426885068
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Russell paced the floor in front of his window. At a little after six, the workday hadn’t started in earnest. He was the only one in the office, but Beltway traffic and rush-hour commutes dictated that others would start pouring in soon.

By the time the doors officially opened he might have a solution. The loose ends kept stumping him. He had Trevor Walters under control, but he had to finish the Timmons job before the buyer got antsy. Then he had to eliminate Avery Walker. He never expected her to be an issue. The petite woman had wiped out two trained mercenaries.

No, that was wrong. The Recovery Project was behind this latest setback. Their agents’ footprints were all over this. They took down attackers, hid the bodies, created a backstory and then launched a behind-the-scenes investigation into their identities and funding. Russell had watched Bram go through this cycle. Even with all his power, the man couldn’t derail a couple of unfunded, uncontrolled agents.

Bram had self-destructed. He let a woman in his office destroy everything. Russell had been rushing around trying to clean up the mess ever since. He had more than a hundred thousand dollars to show for his organizational work. That went a long way to digging him out of the financial hole he was in, but he had hoped for more. With the cover tight, he could have done more jobs, had more business. He was amazed at what people would pay to gain a little revenge, how easy it was to make someone with a false identity disappear.

Not that anyone ever cared about these women. They sucked off the system. They committed crimes and never had to pay for them. An extortionist. The wife of an assassin. Even the one who claimed to be innocent but wasn’t. Her file proved her to be a meth dealer.

He’d spent his entire work life listening to program participants whine about how hard it was to leave their old lives behind while they took the money and opportunities provided by honest taxpayers. The world was better without them.

It would be better off without Ms. Walker, too.

The Recovery agents could try to save her, but he was one step ahead of them. He had his men stationed at every location where the Walker woman might turn up. She thought she was so smart, running tests after office hours and burying the results.

She was a loose end. She stood between him and guaranteed freedom.

She had to go.

THE RECEPTIONIST USHERED Caleb, Luke and Avery into the large office formerly occupied by Bram Walters and now used by David in the Rayburn House Office Building at exactly nine o’clock the next morning. Introductions didn’t take long since they all knew each other except for David and Avery.

While the three of them squeezed on the blue leather sofa, David sat in a chair on the opposite side of the oriental carpet. From the dark blue suit to the calm demeanor, David looked every bit the politician.

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