AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“I did.”
“Anyway, let’s get back to this airdrop over this guy’s house.”
“Totally awesome, right?”
“You zoomed through the clouds?” I said skeptically.
“Hey, it really happened. I’m telling you, your brother has some amazing spy shit.”
I took a sip of my champagne, still marveling over his story. “Okay, let’s say you actually did have some specialized flight suit that was controlled by another person?—”
“Who said it was another person?” he asked, taking a strawberry from the bowl at his side and popping it in his mouth. Red liquid spilled from his lips as he chewed. “See, I think it’s actually a technologically advanced flight suit that you can program ahead of time.”
“That’s the same fucking thing!”
“No, see, you think it was someone flying me like a toy helicopter. But based on the markings on the flight suit, I’d say the whole thing is programmed to follow specific movements. I mean, you should have seen the weapons these guys had.”
That had me curious. “Like what?”
He glanced around, then leaned closer. “Like the thing we saw that time out at the place with the massive…thing.”
Understanding, I nodded. “They had those? I thought they were still in the testing phases.”
“Well, apparently, Rafe’s guys are testing them out, and they’re not sharing.”
“Okay, but you had a weapon in the house. Why didn’t you use it?”
The look he shot me was one of thoseyou’re an idiotlooks. “Well, because then it would alert everyone that I was there.”
“They already saw you,” I argued. “It would have been reported that there was an intruder!”
“Sir?” A masseuse walked over with a gentle smile on her face. “You’re disrupting the other guests.” Just as I thought she was about to kick me out, she came to my side and grabbed my hand. “Let’s work that tension out.”
She started massaging my hand, which I was pretty sure wasn’t the source of my tension, but actually seemed to have a very calming effect on me. I took a deep breath and another sip of champagne.
“Okay, so you were fighting these guys, and no one actually fired their gun?”
“I know, right? It was totally weird.”
“It was an impossible mission. I just can’t figure out why Rafe thought it was a good idea to send you in.”
“Because he’s Rafe,” FNG answered, sipping his own champagne. He leaned back in his seat as a woman came over and placed a cucumber slice over both eyes. “Thanks, doll. That’s amazing.”
He was lost in a dream world, enjoying his pedicure and massage, but I couldn’t get past the story he told me. It was impossible.
“The thing is?—”
“Hey,” he said, removing his cucumbers. “I’m trying to relax here. There is nothing more important to me than ensuring my wife’s happiness, and you’re kind of ruining it.”
“Her happiness?” I hissed. “You just got married! You’ve known her for two days!”
“It’s three, actually. And what does that matter when you’re in love?”
They met at a bar. How in love could they be? “FNG, I understand you’ve been gone for a long time and need a…recovery period, but I need answers.”
He popped a cucumber in his mouth, crunching on it as he stared at me. “You know, the more I think about it, the more I’ve come to realize that I’m not the one with the issues here.”
“Really.”
