The Cunning Thief by Mallory Crowe

Author:Mallory Crowe [Crowe, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense, contemporary romance
Publisher: Mallory Crowe
Published: 2018-01-09T18:30:00+00:00

As excited as she’d been when they allowed her to be part of the plan, the excitement quickly turned to boredom as the day wore on. She didn’t know what she expected, but it wasn’t sitting around and twiddling her thumbs. Apparently getting in touch with Damask was easier said than done. Toni was trying to track him down, and all the guys had gone off to their corners of the house and ignored her.

The only company she had was the equally out of place Melissa Slade. However, this gave her a great chance to pump Melissa for information. Not that Melissa knew all that much. Apparently her brother was like one of these guys: tough, scary, and not exactly a fountain of information. “I’m really not one of them,” insisted Melissa. “I just do busywork. Office kind of stuff.”

“What kind of office work do people like this have? Is there, like, an accounts payable and human resources department?”

Melissa laughed. “Nothing like that. I mostly check emails. If somebody needs to get a hold of Hart Securities, they contact one main email address. I screen the emails and, if I see something that seems worth following up, I forward it to Toni.”

“That seems pretty important.”

She snorted. “I mostly screen out the penis-related emails. Besides that, it’s a lot of calling people, fact checking, running references. Better than what I was doing before.”

“What were you doing before?”

“Well.... Nothing, I guess. I was helping to raise my nephew and waitressing to get by. Now with Slade back in the picture.... Waitressing isn’t as much fun when you’re just doing it for yourself. When I had Josh, I did everything for him. I would’ve waitressed for the rest of my life if it meant I could’ve given Josh new clothes and proper school supplies.”

Although Melissa hadn’t said all that much about her nephew, Shae noticed that her voice would go up just the tiniest bit every time she mentioned him. From the very brief recap she’d gotten, she found out that Melissa helped raise her brother’s son for about ten years when she thought her brother was dead. But, as she was finding out more and more, not everything was as it seemed. Slade was in fact alive, and off doing who knew what for ten years. Now he was back, and suddenly he was raising a son and not Melissa. Whatever happened, Melissa didn’t seem all that angry about it. Or bitter. Just... hurt. “And you like it? Working for these guys?”

“I mean.... Yes. I like it better than waitressing. I feel like, you know, I’m helping people. It’s not really a career. I can’t put it on a resume in five years. I keep on tossing back and forth the idea of going back to school. Toni and Scott are paying me way more money than I deserve, and I’ve been putting most of it in savings. I just need to figure out what to do with it.”

“If you ever want to get into real estate, let me know.

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