Today’s excerpt is from Baghdad
Butcher, Book #1 of the nine-book Janitors Series. Holly scares off two of Saddam’s German
agents with guile rather than force. Enjoy
and have a great day.
m.j.
After a deep kiss from Jim, she and Sajida
left. Less than two blocks from Barzan’s
hideout, both women noticed they were being followed. Sajida quickly came up with a plan, agreed to
by Holly, with only one minor change.
The women entered a small café and ordered
tea. After they finished, Sajida went to
the women’s room and left by the back exit.
Holly got up and walked out the front of the building. As Holly turned down an alley where Sajida
had hidden herself to wait on the two men who had been following them, one of
the men ran up to Holly. “Why the
hurry? And what happened to your
friend? We wanted to ask you to join
us.”
In spite of herself, Holly nearly laughed
outright. She instantly realized that
even though the man’s Arabic was reasonably good, his accent was German. Not being aware of the foreign legion, she
had no reason to suspect that the men were, in fact, security agents.
That aside, Holly also realized that it
wasn’t a good idea to be out on the street too long, so she replied, “My friend
is on her way to a meeting with a man she shouldn’t really be seeing…if you
know what I mean. I would be happy to
spend some time with you gentlemen, but I’m not sure we should. You see, my ex-boyfriend gave me something
I’d just as soon not pass on…if you know what I mean.”
They did, and quickly (but politely) excused
themselves. They went back the way they
had come, and Holly proceeded on down the alley with a smile. As Sajida stepped out from her shadowed
hiding place, she was grinning also, having heard the entire conversation.
The two women continued on to the apartment
without further incident, though Sajida made Holly’s blood run a bit cooler
when she explained about the foreign legion and the likelihood that the two men
were members.
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