52From up close, she was prettier than Stucky expected. At the moment he stood less than twenty feet away. Earlier when she first rushed through the restaurant and onto the patio, she had actually brushed past him. So close he could smell her scent. Something citrus with coconut. And he caught a glimpse of her eyes. They were caramel brown.
He had been so focused on the container, watching the responses to it, that he didn’t immediately notice the woman shoving her way through the crowd. Of course, he recognized Agent Maggie before she pulled out her badge. From that moment on, he found it difficult to restrain his excitement.
When she raced back out of the restaurant looking for him, it took every ounce of discipline to stop from shouting after her, “Here I am.”
Now the uniformed offic
