Let Love Be Enough by Robyn Nyx

Author:Robyn Nyx [Nyx, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Butterworth Books
Published: 2022-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

FBI Special Agent John Reed scurried up the steps of the Walt Disney concert hall with a thick padded brown envelope clutched in his right hand. Therese sat in the garden and waited; he’d think he was safe meeting in a public place. Nat had said he was suitably anxious after her last conversation with him. She’d explained that his prominent position within the agency was no deterrent for Therese. Criminal, innocent, or lawman, she didn’t discriminate. He thought she was a crazy bitch. She’d seen it in his eyes when he’d witnessed Therese take her time to creatively dispatch a spy from another trafficking gang. Crazy was unpredictable and volatile. Crazy didn’t care for consequences, and nor did she. The knowledge of her disregard for the law made people pliable and responsive to her demands. Reed was no different.

She headed back to the outdoor stage and paused at the Lillian Disney fountain. She didn’t much care for public art. It all seemed so condescending, the so-called creatives of the world trying to bring great art to the attention of the ignorant masses. Or rather, what they thought was great art. But she did have a particular fondness for this one: a massive rose made from eight thousand broken tiles and two hundred smashed vases. She liked the idea of destroying something that was already beautiful to make something else even more so. And she enjoyed the occasional sharp feeling of the rose’s curves beneath her fingers as she caressed its oversized petals, threatening to make you bleed if you touched it just the wrong way. Since its creation, Therese had considered it a tribute to herself.

Reed was already at the stage with Nat when Therese made it back. A selection of happy-snappy tourists milled around, trying to capture the perfect Facebook cover photo of the Gehry architecture. They wouldn’t have been so impressed if it’d ended up being made of stone, as was originally planned.

Reed stood as she approached and smiled widely. He was clearly pleased with himself, but the fresh sweat stains on his Oxford button-down shirt evidenced his true level of discomfort.

“You’ve discovered who Santiago sent a second package to, yes?”

He sat and tapped his hand against the package. “It took a lot of grunt work, but yes, I have.”

“It’s good that you finally came through. Just in time.” Therese hadn’t really planned to kill Reed. He was useful and had proved his worth a few times over with details about planned FBI raids. She wasn’t interested in grooming another FBI schmuck as her mole. It took time and money, neither of which she liked to waste.

“I’m in no hurry to become another victim of your inhumane interest in theatrical carnage,” he said.

Therese raised her eyebrow, appreciating his use of language. “That sounds like a tag line. Maybe I should have that on my business cards.”

Nat laughed. “I’ll get right on that.”

“Do I have a problem?” Therese returned to the reason for their meeting.

Reed took a breath, and his eyes darted around the crowd.

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