Second Chance Hero by Lori Wilde

Author:Lori Wilde [Wilde, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2008-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Why don’t you take Tish sightseeing around DC?” Elysee suggested to Shane after they’d arrived at the White House. She’d come into Shane’s bedroom on the pretext of helping him unpack. She hung up the suits from his garment bag and turned back to look at him.

The truth was she was anxious to get to the bank, take the antique coins out of her safety-deposit box, and liquidate them without anyone finding out what she was doing. If Shane knew what she was up to Elysee feared he might try to talk her out of it.

Or worse, tell her father she’d gotten deeply involved in WorldFem.

Rana had called her before she left Texas and begged her to keep their endeavor as quiet as possible for Alma Reddy’s safety. She would have to take Agent Ackerman to the bank with her of course, but she hoped she could convince him they didn’t need a full entourage. Plus, she didn’t have to let him know exactly why she was going to the bank.

“Is there a particular reason you keep throwing me together with my ex-wife?” Shane asked.

“Come on, being with her isn’t that bad, is it?”

Shane swallowed. “No.”

She could tell this was hard on him. Elysee crossed the room to slip both arms around his waist and looked up into his dark brown eyes. “I feel sorry for Tish. She’s alone here, except for us, and far out of her element.”

“Why don’t we all three go sightseeing?” He smiled down at her, ran his finger over her forehead to push away an errant strand of hair.

“You know what a production that would be if I came along,” Elysee said, worrying she might not be able to talk him into this.

“I’d rather just stay here with you.”

“Come on, please? Do it for me.”

“What are you going to do while we’re gone?”

“You forget my aunt Jackie and uncle Felix are arriving soon. We’re having dinner with them tonight. You want to be stuck with them all day, too?”

“Aunt Jackie with the purse dogs?”

“And Uncle Felix the draft-dodging hypochondriac.”

“Gotcha. Sightseeing with Tish it is, then.”

“You’ll thank me later,” she teased, glad she’d found an angle.

“We’ll see about that.”

“It’s a kind thing you’re doing. Good karma and all that. I know Tish will appreciate the company.” Elysee went up on tiptoes to brush her lips against his. “Dinner’s at seven; see you guys then.”

She hurried out of the room, glad she’d gotten Shane squared away. Now to find Agent Ackerman and get on over to the bank before her relatives showed up.

Her pulse rate quickened and her palms grew slick with anticipation as she thought about helping Alma Reddy escape her assassins. She felt like a spy.

And for a quiet woman who never rocked the boat, it was an exhilarating sensation indeed.

The last thing Shane wanted was to take Tish sightseeing. Not because he didn’t enjoy her company, but precisely because he did. He knocked at the door of the Lincoln bedroom where Tish was staying.

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