Past Echoes (Jake Boulder Book 3) by Graham Smith

Author:Graham Smith [Smith, Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2018-01-31T22:00:00+00:00

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Hopedale Airport is little more than a single runway that bisects a small industrial estate. I watch in trepidation as a small jet swoops in over the trees and touches down.

The plane taxies to the end of the runway then turns in its own length as the pilot stands on the left brake.

A door folds open and Claire Knight’s face appears. Her long, brown hair flaps in the breeze from the engine as she walks down the steps. She’s dressed in a pastel skirt-suit and, as is her way, wears her clothes as if they are an advertisement for her sexuality. Her skirt is at least an inch too short for the boardroom and the cut of her blouse shows a generous amount of cleavage.

This is typical of her. She does things her own way and is happy to fly in the face of convention. Anyone foolish enough to think she’d slept her way to the top would learn of their mistake when confronted with her sharp mind and instinctive cunning.

The clack of her heels can be heard over the rumble of the plane’s idling engines as she marches towards us. Her expression is business-like, but I can see a mischievous sparkle in her eyes.

She gives me a kiss on the cheek and offers her hand to Cameron.

He smiles what appears to be a genuine smile and introduces himself.

‘I know who you are, Mr MacDonald. Alfonse filled me in on the need to rush you back to Casperton. I think it’s very noble of you to help your son in this way.’

‘I insisted on helping as soon as I heard about my poor boy.’

It doesn’t take a genius to work out that Alfonse has given Claire a potted version of the truth. To me it sounds like he’s omitted all the unsavoury details and has pitched our need for transport as a mercy dash, rather than the hot extraction it is.

What he’s said to enlist her help doesn’t bother me. Desperate times call for desperate measures; without her aid there’s little chance of me getting Cameron to John’s bedside.

The thing that bothers me most is the charm that Cameron’s displaying. As soon as he heard Claire suggest he was doing an honourable thing, he twisted the dial to maximum. Within seconds he was all smiles as he offered Claire his arm for the walk to the plane.

The fact that my father is an instinctive player shouldn’t have surprised me. I was one until I fell for Taylor. I had to inherit the trait from somewhere, and I’d much prefer it to come from an absent father than a narcissistic mother.

I buckle my seatbelt and watch as Claire takes the seat beside Cameron.

The jet engines roar as we hurtle down the tiny runway. I don’t know a lot about aeronautics, but to me, the runway seems too short for the jet to build up enough speed to take off.

Claire’s pilot must know better. He lifts the nose of the plane and we soar into the sky.

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