26
Fire in the Belly
Jana stood and walked just beyond Rojas’s chair, placed her hands on the balcony’s handrail, then stared out at the bay. She gripped the rail tightly so as to obscure the vibrations in her hand. Rojas turned to watch and his gaze did not go unnoticed.
“I want an answer, Miss Baker. I want to know how you intend to carry out assignments such as these. These people would need to simply disappear with no one being the wiser.”
Jana grinned. “Already proving my point,” she said.
“And what point is that?” He rose and stood beside her.
“Your eyes. When I stood and walked over here, you could not keep your eyes off of me.” She turned to him.
“And what is wrong with that? I told you before. My eyes are drawn to beauty.”
“How do you think I lured Perez out of the bar and
