Undercover Accomplice by Carol Ericson

Author:Carol Ericson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-09-23T13:55:23+00:00

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HUNTER WHEELED HIS rental car into the hospital parking lot, climbing up to the top floor of the structure. He cut the engine and folded his arms. “Are you sure you know what you’re doing?”

Sue had already popped open her door and cranked her head over her shoulder. “We need to get in there and talk to this woman. She knew the code. She knows The Falcon. And she knew where to find me. She probably knows where The Falcon is, too. She’s the only hope I have right now...or you can forget about helping Denver. If I’m locked up, you’re never going to discover the link.”

“I will leave it to your covert ops hands to get us into that hospital room when the nurse wouldn’t even tell you if the woman regained consciousness.” He yanked the keys from the ignition and opened his own door. “What if she hasn’t?”

Sue slid out of the car and ducked her head back inside. “We’ll have to come back.”

Sue strode into the hospital like she owned the joint. Might as well come in with confidence.

They reached the elevator and she scanned the directory for the correct floor.

Hunter leaned over, touching his head to hers. “Do you know where you’re going?”

“When the operator transferred me this morning, the nurse answered with the department—and this is it.” She poked at the glass directory with her fingertip and then jabbed the elevator call button. “I just hope this elevator doesn’t dump us out in front of the nurses’ station.”

“If it does?”

“We don’t get off on that floor. We’ll ride it up to the next.”

“Tell me you’ve done this before.” Hunter followed her into the elevator and then held the door for a woman with a tearful, sniffling baby.

Sue nudged Hunter’s shoe with her toe. “Something like it.”

Hunter ignored her in favor of wiggling his fingers at the baby, who gave him a watery smile and kicked his legs against his mommy’s hip.

Sue pressed a hand against her belly. Hunter had wanted children with his ex, but she put him off and then dropped the bombshell that she didn’t want kids at all.

When the elevator settled on the woman’s floor, she nodded to Hunter. “Thanks for entertaining him right out of his fussiness. You must be a dad.”

“Nah, babies just think I’m funny.” He touched his finger to his nose and then the baby’s. “Must be my nose.”

When the doors closed, Sue cleared her throat. “When the doors open on our floor, if you see the nurses’ station, press the button for the next floor up and we’ll circle back down via the stairwell.”

Hunter saluted. “Got it, chief.”

“Don’t get smart.” She elbowed him in the ribs just as the doors whisked open on a short corridor, not a nurse in sight. “We’re good.”

Sue stepped from the elevator with Hunter close behind her and made a sharp right turn. Seconds later, she tugged on his sleeve and tipped her head toward a door marked Maintenance.

Hunter eased

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