Willing Hostage
“Morning light gleamed on inky curls.
Julie had done a yeoman job on his clothes. Leah could smell the bleach across the room. Once-dark denims and navy shirt were now faded to the light blue of current fad.
“You can’t be the same man I let in here last night.” Julie settled beside him with her notebook.
Glade stared her down with a macho look and continued to poke contentedly at his teeth with a toothpick. Leah hid a grin behind her mug of hot chocolate.
When Joseph Welker sat on the rock shelf..., the Siamese next to him was on his feet with his back arched in one leap. A hiss and a few dancing steps sideways brought Goodyear to the floor. He jumped to Glade’s lap and curled up to stare daggers at the FBI.
“Cat doesn’t like you, Joe.” Glade turned to Julie and opened the notebook for her. “Better write that down.”
Welker’s glance was patient and level. “Have you decided? You’ve had all night.”
“Couldn’t think last night. Too tired.” He smiled at Leah.
Julie bent closer to her notebook.MoreLess
Julie had done a yeoman job on his clothes. Leah could smell the bleach across the room. Once-dark denims and navy shirt were now faded to the light blue of current fad.
“You can’t be the same man I let in here last night.” Julie settled beside him with her notebook.
Glade stared her down with a macho look and continued to poke contentedly at his teeth with a toothpick. Leah hid a grin behind her mug of hot chocolate.
When Joseph Welker sat on the rock shelf..., the Siamese next to him was on his feet with his back arched in one leap. A hiss and a few dancing steps sideways brought Goodyear to the floor. He jumped to Glade’s lap and curled up to stare daggers at the FBI.
“Cat doesn’t like you, Joe.” Glade turned to Julie and opened the notebook for her. “Better write that down.”
Welker’s glance was patient and level. “Have you decided? You’ve had all night.”
“Couldn’t think last night. Too tired.” He smiled at Leah.
Julie bent closer to her notebook.MoreLess
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