Standing Guard

9780373692743_PL.inddExtracted 1 threads from 9780373692743-exw.PDFUntitled Article 01: UntitledGeorgetown, Grand Cayman Island, three months lateroeI dont think its a good idea, Sam Hanley said, standing by her desk in the middle of Savall, Ltd.s office on Grand Cayman Island with David, Anita, Gina and Carly around her. oeI dont mind going alone. Going undercover at a week-long beach party at the closely guarded compound of a known criminal sounded scary, sure, but she was forever falling over her own feet near David Moretti and his mile-wide charisma. If she slipped at Ca- vanaughs, she could mess up everything. It would be better to go alone and be able to focus. oeLets keep in mind that David is an attorney and has no training for a situation like this, Brant Law said over the speaker. oeCavanaugh is the only link to Tsernyakov that weve been able to turn up. There is no margin for error. He was patched in via phone, along with Nick Tarasov. Now that they were getting close to their target, the men had stepped back and were careful not to show themselves in the company of the four women. No sense arousing any suspicions and risk blowing their cover. oeDavids not the rough-and-tough type, Nick said. oeNo offense. oeNone taken. Im smooth. Thats what I do. David smiled, clearly at ease with who he was and wasnt, a trait Sam envied. oeSince Cavanaugh thinks David is your boy- friend, you two better be convincing. Gina gave Sam an amused glance. Hey, it could happen. In an alternate universe.Sam flashed back a defensive look, knowing David was miles out of her league. Though Cavanaugh wasnt supposed to meet David at all, they had run into him the day before and introductions had been unavoidable. So theyd been nervous, acting frazzled, and the man had thought theyd been coming from a lunchtime tryst, assuming they were romantically linked. And they hadnt corrected him, because they had no better explanation handy. Dark hair, sharp gray eyes, great smileDavid had style, big-time, and he carried himself like a movie star, plenty of sex appeal rounding out the picture. He wore a dark suit despite the heat, some light wonder of silk. A man like him wouldnt have given her the time of day under normal cir- cumstances. Not that it mattered much. David was off-limits anyway. He had some supermodel wife and not the brainless kind, either, one of the better- known ones, co-owner of some posh NYC restau- ranta depressing piece of information shed overheard from Brant Law. You shouldnt ever feel inferior, not to anyone.Sam drew herself tall. Anita had told her that. Maybe someday she would start to believe it. Sick as it sounded, Davids inaccessibility was probably part of her attraction. She could safely have a crMarton, Dana is the author of 'Standing Guard ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780373692743 and ISBN 0373692749.