Stormy Waters: Book 10 in The Dar & Kerry Series Read Online Free PDF

they?"
    The man stopped writing and looked up. "You don't think they are?"
    Watchful blue eyes focused on him. "I think it's a tight economy, and they're taking advantage of companies looking to cut expenses to tempt people with short term savings." She stated quietly. "Whether it was the best choice for them remains to be seen."
    The man scribbled another note. "Naturally, you don't think so." he said.
    "Naturally." Dar agreed, with a flash of neat white teeth. She let her eyes drop to the table, then turned her head sideways as she sensed Kerry approaching. Her partner was carrying a glass and a plate, and as their eyes met, Kerry broke into a warm smile.
    "Your company does a lot of work for the government. Isn't that right? Military work?"
    Dar nodded.
    "Bet you're glad the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy doesn't extend to contractors, huh?"
    The question caught Dar by surprise, and she let potential answers percolate for a second or two while Kerry set the plate and glass down, and took a seat next to her. "Why?" She cocked her head. "Despite what you've been told, corporations, even big ones like mine, are sexless."
    Kerry came in right on the sexless. Her head jerked a little in as she gave her partner a bemused look. "I leave to get you a drink, and I come back and you're talking sex? I thought this was for the Travel Channel?"
    Derren leaned on his elbow. "So working with a bunch of GI's who would be glad to give you the boot doesn't bother you?"
    Kerry leaned toward him. "Does it bother you?" She asked. "Did you tell when asked or something?"
    A guarded look crossed the man's face, and he straightened up and moved back from the table. "Nah, I just wondered. Politics and contracts make strange bedfellows, I guess." He got up and closed his notepad. "Nice talking to you, Ms. Roberts. Hope we get to do it again." He held out a hand, and clasped Dar's briefly. "Night."
    He walked off trailing the cameraman behind him.
    Dar studied her glass. "You got me milk." She commented.
    "And cookies." Kerry nudged the plate closer. "Have some."
    "Wonder what that last part was about." Dar commented, breaking a cookie in half and nibbling it. "Looking for a racy angle?"
    Kerry shook her head. "After all, they're gay too." She pointed at Michelle, who had rejoined Shari near the dessert table. "Or maybe that's the angle?"
    Dar grunted, focusing on her treat.
    Kerry sighed. "Are we having a good night here?"
    "Damned if I know." Dar took a sip of the milk. "Damned if I know, Kerry. There's something just not clicking in this whole thing. I'm missing something."
    She drummed her fingers on the table. "Something."

Chapter Two

    KERRY TURNED THE page of the book she was reading, enjoying the cool breeze off the water as she swung idly back and forth in the swing chair. It was just past six and they'd left work early after a long, long week.
    Fortunately after the party Quest had left them all alone, and neither she nor Dar had heard anything more about the project all week long which had turned out to be a damn good thing.
    Disasters tended to come in spurts. This week she'd had to deal with six of them, one for each day and two on Monday that had almost resulted in her being on an airplane to someplace boring and unpleasant.
    But she'd worked it out in the end, and now she was blissfully enjoying the quiet decompression of sitting on the deck watching the sun's light slowly fade.
    Behind her, the glass door slid open releasing a puff of chilled, garlic scented air along with Dar's tanned and mostly bare body. "Hey." Kerry lazily rolled her head to one side as Dar joined her on the swing chair, dressed in only a pair of soft cotton shorts and a colorful scarlet sports bra. "What are you up to?"
    "About six and a quarter." Dar put her feet up on the stone porch balustrade, flexing her toes against the warm surface. "Busy week."
    "Uh huh." Kerry laid her book down and let her head rest against Dar's shoulder. "I'm glad it's over. Between