The Best of Both Worlds (Siren Publishing Ménage and More ManLove) by Carolina Barbour

Author:Carolina Barbour
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Lord, he is a dick. A first-rate asshole.

Bentley adjusted his position in the chair doing his best to appear interested in the senator’s endless rants about the same old thing. He wanted answers. He wanted his son found with haste—yadda…yadda…yadda. The man made demands as if he could pull Jordon out of his ass.

“Well, Bentley?”

The bark of the senator’s tone snapped him to attention. Bentley sat straight up in his chair. “Sir?”

The senator narrowed his eyes, giving him a scathing look. “If you want to continue and work on my team, Bentley, I suggest you get your head out of the clouds and stop daydreaming on my time. We’re in perilous times. The longer Jordon is out there, the more risky things become. What have you found out so far about Jordon’s whereabouts?”

“Ah, nothing, but I’m working diligently on it. The agency doesn’t even know where your son is hiding out. It’s like he disappeared, went underground. Nobody is talking, sir. I had a brief conversation with Captain Foresight of the Elite Forces. He’s Breed Uonaidas’s superior, and he claimed no knowledge about Jordon’s location.” Bentley thought about his short conversation with Captain Foresight. He met the senator’s penetrating gaze. “Of course, he might have been blowing smoke up my behind. Everybody is antsy since Abramson’s death. Security has tightened, and gaining access to information is more difficult than before.”

Bentley saw the senator flinch when he mentioned Abramson’s death. The action was subtle, a faint tightening of his body, and then just as quickly the senator’s unbreakable façade he wore like armor was back. The motion was telling and revealed that Abramson’s murder left him nervous.

The senator put his back to Bentley. He walked over to the window, clasped his hands behind his back, squared his shoulders, and concentrated on the vessels that hovered just outside the window waiting for an opportunity to cross the intersection. He remained quiet a long time, and Bentley wondered if he dismissed him. Impatiently, he waited.

“Senator,” he said.

“What details have been released about Abramson’s death? I haven’t received anything on my communicator. His wife and family have called me several times, and I want to be able to tell them something next time they contact me.”

The agency wasn’t releasing any details, but he found out the gruesome details about Abramson from an outside source. He stalled, toying with his handheld as if he was searching for information while he wondered just how much information he should reveal to the senator. He had to be cautious about what he leaked. Finally he said, “This is all speculation. No coroner has released an official report.”

“Well?” The senator sounded agitated. Bentley wasn’t sure if it was because someone close to him had died or if he objected to having to ask a peon like him to elaborate.

“The details are pretty horrible, sir.”

“Isn’t death always? Tell me what you know, and I will decide what to say to Abramson’s family,” he said grimly.

“Strangulation, sodomy…he was tortured before he died.

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