worked hard to be known as a hard ass who could handle any situation, and in this line of business, a reputation was really all you had.
“Yeah, yeah… that’s what everyone says when they aren’t getting the job done. I may need to get someone down there who’s hungrier than you are.”
Maverick always knew the words to say that would spur someone on because that was definitely something that could light a fire under his ass. It was hard to hear what else Maverick was saying as Aiden could feel his pulse throbbing and hear the soft swooshing of his blood coursing through his veins. He wasn’t sure how he could keep Lorna after she found out that not only had he killed her cousin but that his plan had always been to get information from her so he could track him down, and he had to complete the mission. He’d never been a quitter, and that wasn’t going to start today.
“Nobody is hungrier than me, Maverick,” Aiden said into the phone.
“Then let me see it. I’d better hear that the deed has been done. This is the only phone call you’ll get about this matter… consider it a courtesy call. The next time you hear from me it will be telling you that someone else completed your mission, and you can bring your slow ass back to the base. Comprende?” Maverick’s mouth was no longer full of whatever he’d had in it, but Aiden was almost sorry about that because he didn’t want to hear anything else from the man.
“Yeah, I understand just fine.” Aiden tried to portray the calm and collected attitude he usually had, but it was difficult.
The phone clicked in Aiden’s ear, and he tried not to seethe with anger. This just wasn’t his night. He didn’t have a choice but to pick up the wine he said he was going out to get and return back to Lorna. It wasn’t going to do him any good to think of ways to get out of what he was going to do, so he decided that he was just going to take it as it came.
***
The house was dark when he went back, and he wondered if everything was alright. It hadn’t taken that long to get the wine. He lifted the huge door knocker and let it fall to the brass plate on the wood. It took a few minutes, but he could hear something behind the door. It sounded like it was a scuffle going on, and he thought about drawing his gun. Thank god he was quick about it so he didn’t have to stand here on the ready.
The door opened, and Lorna looked as if she’d been crying, or sleeping. Her eyes had bags under them and were red. She’d either got some bad news as soon as he’d left or she had been crying about him. Either scenario made him want to hurt something. This woman had his emotions all over the map, and that was new for him. He didn’t think he liked it too much, but he wasn’t ready to let Lorna go either.
“Is everything alright?” he asked as she opened the door.
“Yes. I just decided to make it an early night.” She closed up her robe, and he shook his head for the second time that night trying to clear what seemed like cobwebs from his mind.
“I thought you said dinner would be ready in a few minutes. I took a few minutes more than I thought I’d take, but it’s been less than an hour.” He searched the place with his eyes quickly trying to scan for unwelcomed visitors. “Is anyone else here?”
“You mean did I call someone to off you when you got back?” She sounded hurt, and he wasn’t sure what of make of it.
“No, I didn’t mean that.” He went to sit on the couch and watched as she sat beside him. “It’s just the lights were off, and I didn’t know what was happening. Maybe it didn’t come out right because there is just so much going on in my mind.”
“I’m sorry. I saw you walking toward your bike, and thought you were leaving. You told me you were going to walk to clear your head.”
“I was going to walk, but then I got outside and wanted a cigarette. I gave them up a
“Yeah, yeah… that’s what everyone says when they aren’t getting the job done. I may need to get someone down there who’s hungrier than you are.”
Maverick always knew the words to say that would spur someone on because that was definitely something that could light a fire under his ass. It was hard to hear what else Maverick was saying as Aiden could feel his pulse throbbing and hear the soft swooshing of his blood coursing through his veins. He wasn’t sure how he could keep Lorna after she found out that not only had he killed her cousin but that his plan had always been to get information from her so he could track him down, and he had to complete the mission. He’d never been a quitter, and that wasn’t going to start today.
“Nobody is hungrier than me, Maverick,” Aiden said into the phone.
“Then let me see it. I’d better hear that the deed has been done. This is the only phone call you’ll get about this matter… consider it a courtesy call. The next time you hear from me it will be telling you that someone else completed your mission, and you can bring your slow ass back to the base. Comprende?” Maverick’s mouth was no longer full of whatever he’d had in it, but Aiden was almost sorry about that because he didn’t want to hear anything else from the man.
“Yeah, I understand just fine.” Aiden tried to portray the calm and collected attitude he usually had, but it was difficult.
The phone clicked in Aiden’s ear, and he tried not to seethe with anger. This just wasn’t his night. He didn’t have a choice but to pick up the wine he said he was going out to get and return back to Lorna. It wasn’t going to do him any good to think of ways to get out of what he was going to do, so he decided that he was just going to take it as it came.
***
The house was dark when he went back, and he wondered if everything was alright. It hadn’t taken that long to get the wine. He lifted the huge door knocker and let it fall to the brass plate on the wood. It took a few minutes, but he could hear something behind the door. It sounded like it was a scuffle going on, and he thought about drawing his gun. Thank god he was quick about it so he didn’t have to stand here on the ready.
The door opened, and Lorna looked as if she’d been crying, or sleeping. Her eyes had bags under them and were red. She’d either got some bad news as soon as he’d left or she had been crying about him. Either scenario made him want to hurt something. This woman had his emotions all over the map, and that was new for him. He didn’t think he liked it too much, but he wasn’t ready to let Lorna go either.
“Is everything alright?” he asked as she opened the door.
“Yes. I just decided to make it an early night.” She closed up her robe, and he shook his head for the second time that night trying to clear what seemed like cobwebs from his mind.
“I thought you said dinner would be ready in a few minutes. I took a few minutes more than I thought I’d take, but it’s been less than an hour.” He searched the place with his eyes quickly trying to scan for unwelcomed visitors. “Is anyone else here?”
“You mean did I call someone to off you when you got back?” She sounded hurt, and he wasn’t sure what of make of it.
“No, I didn’t mean that.” He went to sit on the couch and watched as she sat beside him. “It’s just the lights were off, and I didn’t know what was happening. Maybe it didn’t come out right because there is just so much going on in my mind.”
“I’m sorry. I saw you walking toward your bike, and thought you were leaving. You told me you were going to walk to clear your head.”
“I was going to walk, but then I got outside and wanted a cigarette. I gave them up a
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