What's in a Name? by Terry Odell

Author:Terry Odell
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: fiction, romance, romantic suspense, mystery, romance adventure

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Blake knocked on the bedroom door the next morning. Despite what Kelli must have thought, he’d done a lot of thinking and very little drinking. He’d left her because what he wanted didn’t seem to match what she wanted, and there was no way he could have spent the night in her company. He hated the need she created in him. When she didn’t answer, he knocked louder. No way she’d left the room without his knowing. He’d dozed more than slept.

“Kelli?” He put his ear to the door. Silence.

Then, finally, a mumbled, “Goway.”

“We need to talk.” He waited out another long silence.

“I need to shower.” Hoarse with sleep, her voice lacked any emotion. “There better be coffee out there when I’m done.”

He took the stairs to the Executive Lounge, poured two cups of coffee to go and filled a plate with fresh fruit from the buffet table.

“I can get you a tray,” the attendant said. “You can leave it outside your door.”

Blake thanked him and added a bagel and a couple of muffins. When he got back, Kelli was still in the bedroom. He set the food on the conference table, took his coffee and a muffin to the couch and turned on the television, trying to find a local news broadcast. Surely the arrest of a wanted felon would warrant some coverage.

When Kelli wandered out, wearing the hotel robe and towel drying her hair, she made a beeline for the coffee. She looked as if she’d slept less than he had, yet she still sent a catch to his chest. He busied himself with his muffin, the coffee, and the remote. After she worked at the coffee, some of the tension seemed to leave her shoulders. She nibbled on a strawberry and paced the room.

When he judged she’d drunk at least half her coffee, he took a deep breath and spoke. “I have to get back to Chicago.”

She froze mid-step. Did a slow pivot. He could feel her gaze, like two green lasers shooting through him. “Like hell you do.”

“I have a job. My time at Camp Getaway was up yesterday and Hollingsworth is expecting me back.” At least he hoped so.

“So, tell him you’re delayed.” Her chin was lifted, her jaw clenched. She set the coffee down and jammed her hands into the pockets of the robe and resumed pacing.

He stepped in front of her. “Will you listen? Let me finish and then we can decide?” He hoped the we would calm her.

“Talk.”

“I thought this through most of the night. Hollingsworth sent me on a simple expedition—find out if Kelli Carpenter and Casey Wallace are the same person. But he did it very hush-hush. You said the information he gave me was rank amateur, so he probably did it himself. I don’t think he wanted anyone to know he was looking. Hollingsworth doesn’t do much himself anymore—he makes decisions, but lets his underlings carry out the work.”

“One of those underlings being you,” she muttered.

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