She waited in the mouth of the blackened alley for her love to come into view. He hadn’t asked her many questions. He listened to her spiel and had spoken to Tuck for a minute before they hung up. She’d waited with Tuck as long as she could before leaving to stand in an alley just around the corner from the hotel.
Kahlil wouldn’t be able to see her from here even if he looked out his window. But her revealing apparel and thigh high boots weren’t standard CI uniform. So even if, by some miracle, he did happen to see her, he would never recognize her.
Thick red lipstick stained her lips, and her hair was backcombed into a voluminous style that would take her an hour to calm when they got home. Then again, if this was Kahlil’s safe house, they might be spending a lot of time here until they
