had once filled the room. plants and pets Julia’s were her life. going “What’s on?” buddies turned up last “One of…Chad’s Julia told him, staying by the door as year,” Marc walked to the sparse table. said he “He was best friend. He said been Chad’s they’d doing rogue ops together, that Chad had left a debt.” Marc questioned, sitting “Rogue ops?” down to a thin stew that smelled better than it looked. Julia had cooked this, not her chef. Marc frowned. never heard that No chef. “I’ve He had, of course, but he needed to term.” discover how much Julia knew about Chad’s shadier activities. There had been a few. One, Marc had refused to be a part of right after become teammates, but he been they’d hadn’t hurting for money the way the married men were. He have a home or family. didn’t Angie. Marc tore his thoughts from that relentless ghost and focused on Julia, who was informing him about the last year here. owed him money, so he said he “Chad would take care of me until it was paid back.” cheeks squashed up in confusion. Julia’s “I thought were taking care of you me.”
had once filled the room. Julia’s plants and pets were her life. “What’s going on?” “One of…Chad’s buddies turned up last year,” Julia told him, staying by the door as Marc walked to the sparse table. “He said he was Chad’s best friend. He said they’d been doing rogue ops together, that Chad had left a debt.” “Rogue ops?” Marc questioned, sitting down to a thin stew that smelled better than it looked. Julia had cooked this, not her chef. Marc frowned. No chef. “I’ve never heard that term.” He had, of course, but he needed to discover how much Julia knew about Chad’s shadier activities. There had been a few. One, Marc had refused to be a part of right after they’d become teammates, but he hadn’t been hurting for money the way the married men were. He didn’t have a home or family. Angie. Marc tore his thoughts from that relentless ghost and focused on Julia, who was informing him about the last year here. “Chad owed him money, so he said he would take care of me until it was paid back.” Julia’s cheeks squashed up in confusion. “I thought you were taking care of me.”