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I was in the conference room when Jake stepped in. “You ready for today?”
“Yeah, just about. Do you know where that other flyer is, the one that talks about personal health while traveling?”
“I thought Deidra put them in your pile?”
“No, I don’t see them.”
“Alright, I’ll check her desk and see if it’s there.” He went to leave but paused at the door. “And heads-up, the boss decided that he wanted to join your class today to see what it’s all about.”
“Ralph?”
He chuckled. “Yeah, said he didn’t think it was fair for his employees to go through it if he’s not willing to do it too.”
I shrugged. “Fine with me. We told him the class size was twenty; with him there, it brings it up to eighteen. I have enough packets to cover him.”
“Well, actually, it will be nineteen.”
“Nineteen? Who else is coming?”
He grinned for a moment and then looked serious. “He’s bringing that financial woman, Alexandra, with him.” He stared at me hard. “You going to be able to keep your mind in the game with her there? I know how you couldn’t keep your eyes off her at the last meeting.”
Yeah, that was going to take some work, but I made sure my face remained neutral. “No worries from me, Screamer. Are they both going to be staying all week?”
“No, just today and tomorrow, and make sure you keep your hands to yourself. I don’t need this deal fucked up this late in the game.”
Well, I guess I shouldn’t share with him that I’d already had sex with her three times, or that she’d been in my arms just two hours ago. Yeah, better to leave that one alone.
As he walked away, I dwelled on the fact that she was going to be there. I found myself smiling slightly as I looked forward to seeing what kind of shape she was in, and how well she could do with a gun. Most women were terrified of them until they tried it. Then they either loved it or hated it. Which one would she be?
I finished collecting my gear, and Trevor, my partner instructor for the class, joined me after Jake found the missing information. We decided to take separate cars, as we both had gear stored in our vehicles for the lessons and headed over to the training facility that we had rented for the week.
The training facility was used mostly by private security contractors, but sometimes police departments would rent the spaces out for additional training. It had two classrooms, an area to do physical training and exercises, and a small indoor shooting range.
I was dying to get back on the range, as it had been several weeks since I’d been able to lay down some brass. Unfortunately, I couldn’t go wild as this was for the students. Besides, the range was only fifty meters, and not long enough for me to work on my real love—sniper shooting.
That’s how I had really gotten the nickname Shadow. I was able to hide in the shadows of the overwatch positions and take out the subjects at a distance. Knowing that I could take someone out rather easily at six hundred meters was a heady feeling. Of course, most of my shots were closer, but those few that were at the six- to seven-hundred-meter range were intense moments.
What would Lexi think if she knew that I had eighty confirmed kills under my belt? Would that change her view of me? Some people couldn’t handle that knowledge, and I hoped like hell that didn’t come up in conversation today because I wasn’t sure I was ready to see the disgust in her eyes.
