Running Blind by Cindy Gerard

Author:Cindy Gerard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Books

24

By the time Coop had finished putting security through their paces later that day, the wind had picked up and the temperature had dropped by fifteen degrees. It was nippy, to say the least, and heading for sundown, when it would get even colder.

Rhonda was waiting for him beside the rental Jeep when he walked across the parking lot a little after 6:00 p.m., their agreed-upon meet time.

“Sorry.” He quickly unlocked the vehicle. “Hope you haven’t been waiting long.”

“Just got here.” The fact that she’d flipped the collar of her coat up around her ears and wrapped it tightly around her said she lied. Her nose was red with cold, and she didn’t waste a second scrambling into the passenger seat.

“Should have some heat soon.” He shifted into gear and started across the lot to the exit point.

She buried her nose deeper into her coat and shivered, and he found himself wishing he could pull over, drag her into his arms, and kiss her until her internal furnace cranked up enough to make them both hot.

But Bombshell Burns had made it very clear this morning that she would not appreciate that kind of gesture.

“I’m ready to wrap things up here,” he said. “How about you?”

“Yeah. Me, too. I’m satisfied this crew is top-notch. I’ve got a few more tests I could run if I had to, but it would be redundant. They’re in great shape.”

“Except for a few minor tweaks that they’ve already put in place, same goes for the physical security. So are we agreed that we can move on to Utah in the morning?” That was the last stop of this trip.

“Fine by me.”

Several minutes of silence passed as they headed toward the hotel.

And another night.

Which would not be a repeat of last night, because that’s the way she wanted it.

Feeling restless and a bit out of sorts, he drummed his fingers on the steering wheel.

“You do that a lot,” she said.

He glanced her way. “I do what a lot?”

“Tap your fingers on the wheel. Like you’ve got a song playing in your head.”

“Just eager to get this next assessment in the bag and head back to Langley.”

Where they hadn’t come up with anything solid on the case. Where, according to the phone call from Mike, Coop was due for extra grunt duty for withholding the information about the playing cards and designer bullets.

He didn’t care. He knew Mike would cool off.

What he cared about was nailing the bastard who’d shot Eva.

She could have died. Her life over, just like that. Sudden death wasn’t new to him; men had died beside him in battle. He’d had five very near misses himself and probably more that he didn’t know about.

Which was something he generally worked hard not to think about. The uncertainty of life. The inevitability of death. It made him think about things he wished he’d done but had never gotten around to.

He glanced at Rhonda and, for some inexplicable reason, decided there was one thing he was going to do right now.

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