Musket Ball Murder by Leslie Langtry

Author:Leslie Langtry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fbi, cia, romantic suspense, suspense, humor, funny, dark humor
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Back in our tent, the girls seemed to be asleep. I tiptoed through, testing each girl and then Kelly before removing everything but my chemise and crawling into my sleeping bag to wait.

I didn't have to wait long. Betty stirred the moment I began fake snoring. In the dim light, I watched as she pulled her Union uniform from her pillowcase and got dressed. The second she stepped outside, I dove into my own Union uniform and followed her.

Soo Jin's and Eddie's tents were silent, and there wasn't any activity from the provost's or Juliette's tents. The rest of the camp, however, was very much awake. And very busy.

Pulling my kepi hat low over my eyes, I snuck behind the tents, where the men of the 47th were sitting around playing cards. Betty wasn't among them. Slipping back into the shadows, I stopped by the tents of the 23rd, but those men were reading books or talking softly around the fire. No Betty there either.

"Hey, soldier!" a man standing outside of a tent called to me.

I pulled my hat low over my eyes and nodded.

"You must be with the 47th," the man said as he held out his hand. "Name's Eldo."

I'd always been pretty good at disguising my voice. I could do all kinds of accents too. But I never had been able to pull off a male voice convincingly. And considering my years out of the CIA, I wasn't sure this was the right time to give it a shot. Still, maybe this guy had some information I could use.

"Smith," I grunted while squeezing his hand. Grunting and a crushing handshake should be enough to keep him from being suspicious. I could've played it as a woman, but that would make me memorable. It would make me stand out. Neither was good for undercover work.

Eldo nodded and cast his gaze skyward. Now that we were out in the country, the stars were bright and easy to see. It was one of the things I liked most about camping. All those stars.

"Nice night," he said.

"Yup." I cleared my throat. "Kind of a weird reenactment, huh?"

Eldo agreed. "Never heard of Idiot Creek before. Must be a very minor skirmish. I bet they embellished it. Organizers are always doing that."

He had no idea.

"You do many of these?" I asked as gruffly as possible.

"Not really. I can't always get the days off. You?"

"First one," I said, which was totally true.

Eldo looked back up at the sky. "Yeah, this is kind of a strange one."

My ears perked up. "You think so too?"

He laughed. "Well, yeah. There's talk of some kid who's cheating men out of their money."

Was Betty cheating? I guess I never thought to ask her about that. I wouldn't put it past her. Maybe that was why the Rebel had threatened her.

"And a couple of guys told me there's this agent or Fed or someone snooping around."

I froze. Ralph knew my name. Were the men talking about me? I remembered Ike catching me in the act.

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