"Okay, I'll be right there," she said, then as Avery nodded and walked away,
she said, "Mr. Cade, my office doesn't seem to have your contact info."
"My boss knows where to find me."
Bain gazed at Cade thoughtfully for a moment, then stood up and picked up
her purse as she said, "In that case, I'll go see what Avery and Dolman have for
me."
Her eyes flicked to the unfinished report on the table.
"I'll give that to Avery," said Cade.
He sat back down as she walked away, but he didn't take his eyes off her.
Great legs. Tall, brunette, and generally a fine example of womanhood. As she
passed the coffee bar her head turned slightly and Cade saw her looking back at
him in the mirror-finish of the coffee machine.
He gave her a nod that said, 'Yeah, lady. I'm looking.'
Bain held his reflected gaze for a moment, then moved on to join the other
cops. Cade returned to finishing the police report and -- after rereading it
twice -- judged it finished about fifteen minutes later.
Cade signed it and presented it to Avery, then pulled his DragonCon
'registered guest' badge out of his jacket pocket, clipped it to his collar, and
headed into the hotel to see if this year's convention was still underway after
all the excitement.
In the second-floor con suite, it seemed that a number of other people were
wondering the same thing. They filled the con suite practically wall-to-wall as
Cade squeezed in and looked around.
No answers there; Cade left the con suite and headed for the registration
ballroom on the first floor, taking the cell phone he'd been issued out of his
pocket and dialing the Atlanta number he'd been given for the mission.
A woman answered with, "Zero-eight-two-six."
"Dragonfly here."
"Go, Dragonfly."
"I filed a police report. Nothing to add. Am I offline?"
"Yes. John says 'good job' and you're on standby."
"Okay, thanks."
"You're welcome. Enjoy your stay in Atlanta."
She disconnected. Cade slipped the phone back in his pocket as he approached
the elevators. As usual, there was a herd of people waiting. Some began chanting
in unison as if that would somehow make the right elevator light come on.
"Down, down; we wanna go down!"
As he waited, Cade's mind returned to the moment that the blonde had dragged
the car out of the hotel's driveway. A Crown Vic's roof came almost even with
his shoulders. She'd been tall enough to easily see over it, so that made her
between five-seven and five-ten.
And her legs. By God, she'd had magnificent legs. Even from across the
street, he'd seen that she'd had the long, solid legs of a fitness diva.
How had she happened to be on hand to deal with the car bomb? He'd never
seen or heard any reports of flying blondes in Atlanta. Chances were she'd been
on tap just like more than half of the other people he'd met during this
operation. That would make it likely that she'd been in town at least a few
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