Winter Black Box Set 2 by Mary Stone

Author:Mary Stone [Stone, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-20T22:00:00+00:00

23

Noah couldn’t remember the last time Winter had been the one to show up at his door with food. More often than not, their dinner time was driven by his appetite. But tonight, their roles had been reversed.

The scent of garlic wafted past as she made her way into the galley kitchen of his apartment. Aside from the color of the wooden cabinets and the tile in the kitchen and bathroom, their places were almost identical.

He pried open the refrigerator door and picked out two glass bottles of the same craft beer they’d been stuck on since Autumn introduced them to it months earlier.

As he handed one of the brews to Winter, her expression was a cross between concern and curiosity. At the look, he realized he hadn’t spoken since she arrived, not even to offer a greeting.

“Are you all right?” Her tone was gentle, but she kept her eyes on him as she sipped her beer.

He wasn’t.

Even if Sun Ming wasn’t responsible for the murders of Tyler Haldane, Ben Ormund, and Mitch Stockley, there was a real possibility that a fellow federal agent had been involved. If not a Fed, then an officer in another law enforcement agency or a veteran of the armed forces.

Since the start of the case, he had kept his thoughts on the injustice of the whole situation to himself, but now he was sure the musings had reached a breaking point. If he didn’t talk to someone about them, he knew he would lose the sense of direction that had motivated him to pursue a career with the FBI in the first place.

“No,” he finally replied. With a sigh, he raked his fingers through his hair. “No. Not really.”

“Well,” she said, leaning her hip against the counter. “It seems like it’s been bothering you for a while. At least since we started this case. What’s up? Is it anything I can help with?”

Squeezing his eyes closed, he rubbed his face with both hands. “I don’t know.”

“Might as well give it a shot then.” When he dropped his arms back to his sides to look at her, she offered a reassuring smile.

“Yeah,” he agreed. “We don’t have to stand in here, though. Let’s go sit on the couch.”

“It’s a sweet couch.”

“Thanks,” he replied as he scooped up the foil container of fettuccine alfredo. “Autumn helped me pick it out. It was on clearance.”

She nodded her understanding and followed him into the living room.

Rather than parse through décor at a home furnishing store, he had dug out a few posters, framed them, and hung them on the walls. Though he didn’t have a knack for interior design, he still hated bare walls. But at thirty-two, he figured the time to tape band and movie posters on the wall had passed. He was an adult now, and he could afford a damn frame.

“Your posters get me every time,” Winter chuckled as they dropped down to sit.

“I’ve told you before,” he said with an upraised hand. “I’m a man of many interests.

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