Rabbi Gabrielle Commits a Felony by Roger Herst

Author:Roger Herst
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fbi, thriller, suspense, brooklyn, judaism, rabbi, hate crime, orthodox judaism
Publisher: Diversion Books

CHAPTER FIVE

The Carmel home, which Kye's future partner made available to Kye and Gabby, caused them to gasp in wonderment. It was situated on the periphery of Point Lobos State Park, arguably the most majestic collusion between the swirling Pacific Ocean and California's granite coast. The ocean air of her native state always released inside Gabby a feeling of well-being imprinted upon her during childhood. She stood with Kye before a panoramic window to gaze as thunderous waves pounded the shore and rolled onto Monastery Beach, named for a Dominican monastery tucked into a nearby forest of cypress and pine. California wastrels hovered above windswept brush in the foreground, waiting for field-mice to expose themselves. The scent of the salt sea and kelp wafted through an open side door that led to a redwood deck outside.

"It's breathtaking and wild," she exclaimed to Kye, her arm curled around his waist, holding him close to her side. "Compared to the Pacific, the Atlantic is tame and predictable. You can almost feel Asia harkening from across this vastness."

"Like a Siren wailing in the night. Sometimes I think I can hear my Korean ancestors calling to me," he said. "Both our pasts are rooted here on the Pacific."

Their eyes bonded for a moment in acknowledgement.

"When are you planning to see your father in L.A.?" he asked. "We're talking about Wednesday and Thursday. But now that I've seen this place, it's going to be hard to tear myself away. It's been such a hard season at Ohav Shalom that I'd be happy just to sit here with you for the entire week."

"Remember, I'm supposed to be in Monterey on business," Kye reminded, his eyes narrowing as they did when he attended to business. "My new partners and I have meetings scheduled every day at the Hilton Hotel. We've got about twenty staff members lodging there and for me to miss meetings would send the wrong signal. Why not invite your father and Mickey here for a few days? Wait 'til you see all the guest rooms of this house."

She thought about that for a long while, happy for the suggestion, but ruling it out as impractical. "It's difficult for Dad to travel these days. Mickey protects him like a doddering grandmother. I'd invite them, but I'm sure she'll nix any travel. It will be easier for me to fly down to see them. I want to have plenty of time to spend with you. You and your new partners may have important business to conduct, but none is more important that the business between us. I can't imagine a more breathtaking venue."

From the windows, they moved onto the redwood deck and together breathed in sea air, listening to waves in the background. White and gray gulls and forked-tailed terns darted through the wind currents along the cliff. She snuggled affectionately against him, fusing her body into the folds of his. They were so enamored by the view that inspection of the rest of the home came almost as an afterthought.

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