Man of Action by Janie Crouch

Author:Janie Crouch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Can’t you arrest him for something?” Andrea leaned over and muttered under her breath to Brandon. “Anything?”

They’d been in the lobby of DJ Shawn “Shocker” Sheppard’s radio station for the past thirty minutes. Unfortunately, because DJ Shocker was doing a live show, they hadn’t been able to question him yet. They’d also been forced to listen to his show.

Distasteful would be the most polite word for it. Less polite terms would be vulgar, juvenile and ridiculous.

“Unfortunately, being an idiot is not currently a crime in this country. So, no, I can’t arrest him.” Brandon looked as disgusted as she felt.

The radio program catered to college students—men in particular—and the humor was rowdy and raunchy. At least one word every second would have to be bleeped out over normal airways, although most of the audience was probably listening to the station over the internet, where no censoring was needed.

Andrea had listened for the past half hour, teeth grinding, as DJ Shocker had attempted to make a case for the banning of all women’s sports bras. He’d used every obnoxious tactic from “that’s how God would want it” to trying to compare the bras to illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

The entire premise was asinine, but that was the point. DJ Shocker wanted to live up to his name.

They could see him through the large window that separated the waiting room from the radio booth. DJ Shocker wasn’t a bad-looking guy. Probably in his late thirties, way too old to be saying the ridiculous stuff he spewed. His show was on the air three hours a day, five days a week. And it was not only one of the most popular radio talk shows in Arizona, but a top-twenty across the whole country. People couldn’t wait to hear what he would say next.

Andrea couldn’t wait for him to shut up.

He finally did, tying in the topic du jour with his Devils and Angels pilgrimage tour. He invited everyone out to Club Paradise in four days. It would be the focus of much conversation in next week’s shows, he promised. Not something any red-blooded Arizonian would want to miss.

The On Air sign finally flipped off. DJ Shocker was finished for the day. He took a moment to talk to his production crew, who’d gotten him through the past three hours. When an assistant came up to him and said something, pointing at Andrea and Brandon, he looked over.

“Hi. I’m Shawn Sheppard,” DJ Shocker said as he walked out of the large radio booth, his voice sounding different than it had on air. “Megan told me you’re law enforcement?”

“I’m Brandon Han.” Brandon shook the hand the DJ offered to him. “I’m with Omega Sector: Critical Response Division. This is Andrea Gordon.”

Andrea shook his hand also, although she really didn’t want to. At least he didn’t come across quite so obnoxious in person. Although he was much shorter than she would’ve thought. Shorter than Andrea’s five feet eight inches. Much shorter than Brandon’s six feet.

“Has there been another threat against my life?”

Brandon looked over at Andrea.

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