Today’s excerpt is from Monster’s
Palace, a standalone action/adventure novel introducing new character
Clyde Feegle. Jo Kelly is well drunk for
the first (and only time) in her life due to anger at being betrayed by someone
she thought was a friend. Enjoy and have
a wonderful day.
m.j.
After he put
his socks and shoes on, Clyde put on his shoulder holster, before he helped Jo
dress. As they started to leave the
room, Jo noticed Clyde’s shoulder holster, and got her gun out of the hidden holster
in her purse. Clyde didn’t notice
because he was already opening the door.
But as soon as they got downstairs,
Glenn sure noticed the gun.
Before he
could inquire, Jo—who had seen the other three had on shoulder holsters,
also—asked, “Anybody got another of those neat shoulder holsters around?”
Glenn asked,
“Where in the hell did that gun come from?”
“I keep it in
my purse, silly.”
Glenn glared
at Clyde, before he asked, “Jo, have you been bringing that gun into CIA
Headquarters?”
“Yup, sir—I
sure have. Got a neat little holster in
my purse.”
Clyde just ran
his hand down his face before he tried to take the gun from Jo. “Nope, sir—you ain’t getting my gat. I’m gonna blow his balls off with it.”
Clyde snatched
the gun and growled, “Maybe if you drink about a gallon of coffee and sleep all
the way there, I’ll think about giving this back to you.”
In the
kitchen, everyone—including the objecting Jo, who insisted she didn’t need
any—drank a cup of coffee. Candi put the
rest in a thermos—exclusively for Jo.
Floyd hadn’t
even bothered to question Glenn on the advisability of the CIA Director going
on such a mission—especially one strictly illegal on several levels. But he did
insist on driving.
When Jo blurted
out, “Shotgun,” Clyde just steered her into the back.
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