No Hiding Behind the Potted Palms! A Dance with Danger Mystery #7 by Barton Sara M

Author:Barton, Sara M.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: florida fiction boy nextdoor financial fraud stalker habersham sc, exhusband exboyfriend
Publisher: Sara M. Barton

Chapter Five --

“Fine!” I snapped. “But you should consider sending your people to charm school, because their manners stink!”

“I’m sorry,” said a female agent. “Am I missing something? Are you saying DEA agents are less than civilized?”

“I didn’t mean you,” I stuttered. “It’s those two!”

“Whitewater time!” Chen chastised me.

“Somebody give her raft a good shove into the water,” Jacobsen chortled, throwing his head back with glee.

That was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I drew myself to his chin and gave him a piece of my mind.

“What is it about me that you don’t like?” I demanded. “What exactly have I done to yank your chain? I’ve got a boss who told me that if I’m not at his freaking gallery opening on time, I’m fired. I’ve been sucked into an absolute nightmare, with a deadly drug cartel chasing me. I’ve been assaulted on a train in some twisted plot I don’t even understand. And now I’m supposed to tolerate your snide comments because you’ve decided I’m not worthy of your respect? What did I do to you?”

“Lighten up, Durham,” he sniffed, nose in the air. I was not some high school girl annoyed because a boy yanked my pigtails.

“Lighten up?” I poked him in the chest with my forefinger. “Hear me well, Agent Jacobsen. I am not one of your buddies. I am not some informant you can drop kick when you feel like taking your frustrations out on somebody. You take a swing at me, I’m going to swing right back at you. I’m not taking any of your crap, so pull yourself together and be a decent human being! You can’t do that, then stay the hell away from me!”

Mr. Blue Eyes looked down at me with utter shock written all over his face before he crumpled like a puppy, his tail between his legs.

“Point taken,” he muttered. “Sorry.”

I was still fuming as he walked away, seeking out some of his colleagues who were huddled together.

“Let’s walk, Kelsey.” Agent Devry took me by the elbow kindly and steered me away from his agents. “Don’t let Axel get to you. He has a good reason for being a jerk. His wife was having an affair with the guy down the hall while he was off on assignment. He’s still pretty broken up about it.”

“That doesn’t give him license to take it out on me,” I retorted.

“No, it doesn’t. I’m sharing this with you because I need you to work with the guy. He’s going to get back on that train with you and finish the ride. I want you two to act like you’ve got a thing for each other, so he has an excuse to hang out with you. He’s going to be your bodyguard.”

“Don’t you have someone else you can send in?” I pleaded. “Anyone else?”

“Look, Kelsey,” he sighed, “I know you’re a civilian and it’s not easy to absorb all the reasons why we’re doing things this way. Axel’s one of my best agents.

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