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Re: Cold Front [message #816 is a reply to message #815] Wed, 25 July 2012 17:05 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Tuesday, November 6, 9:15 p.m., London, England (Wednesday, November 7, 10:15 a.m., Tracy Island)

Giles sighed. "Thank you, Antonia. I will pass the word along." He folded his satellite phone, and placed it on his night stand. Then he ran a comb through his hair, and headed downstairs.

In the lounge, Jacques was reading the Daily Mail, the scotch he was nursing on the small table at his elbow. Dez sat in an equally overstuffed leather chair directly across from Jacques. She had her feet up, a mini-player in her lap and ear buds in her ears. She glanced up as Giles came in, scowled, and edged the screen away from him. He shook his head slightly; his sister's tastes in entertainment were more than risqué, and though he occasionally found her choices interesting, Jacques did not. She was feeling particularly bold if she was watching that while in the same room as their straight-laced older brother.

He went over to the sideboard and poured himself a brandy. While he did, Jacques spoke up without lowering his paper.

"So, what kept you?"

Giles breathed in the bouquet of the brandy, swirling it around in the snifter before taking a sip. "I received a message from Antonia, the woman we sent out to infiltrate Tracy Industries. She received a rejection letter today. By old-fashioned surface mail, in fact."

Dez swore. "I had hopes that she would be able to get in."

"I did as well," Giles said as he took a seat on the long divan, picking up the book he had left on the end table. "Especially when I found that they weren't hiring for the company, but for Tracy's household."

Jacques put down his paper. "You didn't tell us that, Giles."

"I didn't know until just now," Giles returned mildly. "They kept that little tidbit quite tightly under wraps." He took another sip. "The good news is that she was taken to Tracy's home, and will write up a report on what she saw there."

"As if that will help us," Dez said, snorting. She turned her attention back to her entertainment.

"It might help, should they decide to look farther afield," Jacques said, his tone thoughtful. "We would have specifics on what they were looking for and how they were making their selection." He nodded at Giles. "Be sure I receive a copy of the report. We may have the opportunity to try someone else."

Giles nodded, and opened his book. Dez sighed, and turned off the player, taking out the ear buds and closing the player's lid. She rose and stretched languorously. "The night is still young, and I think I will go to town and enjoy myself."

"Say hello to Enid for me," Giles said without looking up, a slight smile on his lips.

Dez gave him a dirty look as she stalked from the room.

"Really, Giles," Jacques said from behind his paper again. "Poaching is so gauche... and dangerous where our sister is concerned."

"Dangerous for who?" Giles asked. "Me or her paramours?"

Jacques looked over his paper and caught Giles's gaze. He raised an eyebrow. "Both," he said. "But then, that's your look-out, isn't it?"

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