Smoke and Fire by Julie Cannon

Author:Julie Cannon [Cannon, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626390164
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2013-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Tears threatened to spill out of her eyes as Nicole looked in the mirror. Seeing Gina last night had thrown her back to a place she didn’t want to be. She didn’t like what she saw. Where was the woman she’d been? The confident hell-raiser. The emotionally strong kick-ass-take-no-names woman. According to Brady she still was, underneath her maimed exterior, but she wasn’t so sure. Other than work and the obligatory social occasions she couldn’t get out of, she had no life. And when she did go out she always felt on the fringe of the activity, never fully engaging as those around her did. She put the mirror away and walked back to her desk.

“Excuse me, Nicole,” Ann said, walking into her office. “There’s a President Charsea on the phone for you. He says it’s quite important.”

“Thanks, Ann. I think I know what he wants. Would you see if Buck’s available?” Nicole found her pen, pulled out a fresh tablet of paper, and picked up the receiver. “Nicole McMillan.”

“Ms. McMillan, this is President Charsea,” the man said with a heavy accent. “I am in need of your services.”

“Yes, Mr. President, I’ve been watching the news reports. How can I help you?” Greslikstan was a small but oil-rich country to the east of Turkey. The country had been invaded seven months ago by their not-so-friendly neighbors to the east. The news told of massive casualties as Greslikstan defended itself from attack.

“By doing what you do best. I am in need of McMillan Suppression to save my country from environmental disaster. When the rebels retreated three days ago they sabotaged our wellheads. Eight wells are burning.”

Nicole was taking notes as the president spoke and thinking of what she would need to do in response to his request. As the president continued to outline the extent of the damage to the oil fields in his country, Nicole wrote quickly and asked questions to fill in the gaps.

“Of course we’ll help you, Mr. President. I’ll send five of my best teams to your country within the week.” Nicole was transferred to the minister of affairs and provided the man with a list of items and material the crews would need. Forty minutes later she hung up and Buck was sitting across from her.

“We’ve been called to Greslikstan,” Nicole said, moving to the large map on the wall of her office. “Where in the hell is it?” It took her and Buck a few minutes before they found the dot of a country on the wall map. “They have eight wells sabotaged by rebels and all are on fire.”

“Eight? Holy God,” Buck replied, almost in reference of the powers of the fire.

“Yes, and we need our best crews. Who’s available?”

Buck rattled off the names of five crews, and when he named Brady’s, Nicole’s heart lurched. This would be a very dangerous situation. Not only were the fires hot, but rebels might still be in the area and would shoot anyone trying to help the government.

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