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A STRIPPER? HER? NOT A CHANCE IN HELL
Spencer King walked a circle around Agent Shadoe Grayson, shook his head, and decided that this assign to fail
“No way is anyone going to believe she’s a stripper”
As he stopped in front of her, she arched one perfectly manicured brow and narrowed her brown eyes She was pretty, but nothing about her screamed “stripper”
“Excuse me?”
“Sorry, darlin’, but you’re not the right man for the job”
She crossed her arms “And why is that?”
“Well, look at you Loose, dark pantsuit with God only knohat kind of body underneath it, hair in a bun without one strand out of place Your face is pinched so tight you look like you have a stick shoved up your ass”
“Jesus, Spence, use some tact”
Spence glared at his boss, General Grange Lee “When have I ever used tact?”
“Good point” Grange turned to Shadoe “I’uys around here aren’t polite”
“I don’t need polite, General Lee I’et the job done”
Spence leaned against the sofa aret it done looking like that Strippers wear less clothes than that goin’ to church on Sunday”
“This is regulation Departain, Mr—”
“Spence Just call me Spence” He directed his attention back to General Lee “Grange, this isn’t gonna work”
“It’s going to have to We’ve been given the assignment; we’ll work it out”
Spence slid fully onto the couch and planted his booted feet on the coffee table “Whatever But who’s going to teach the prim schoolteacher over there how to be sexy?”
“I aent”
He grinned “Yeah, but you ain’t no stripper”
She pivoted and faced Grange “Really, General Lee This is ridiculous”
Spence thought so, too He could think of a hundred women ould make better strippers than Miss Prim and Proper Of course, those hundred women were strippers, so that was probably why What duht up this colossal clusterfuck of an assignment?
“We have a DEA agent out there selling us out to the Coloe reminded him “Our job is to find him and detain him, and if we’re really lucky, intercept the next shiplers We’ll make this work”
Spence shrugged “Whatever you say, boss”
The others began to trail in—all part of the Wild Riders, a secret govern under the radar, assisting the governot to steal and do illegal things that suddenly becaal
“So, another assignment?” Mac asked, his neife, Lily, in tow Jessie ca at Spencer to scoot over
“So it see in with Rick to stand behind the sofa
Diaz and Paxton followed
“Agent Shadoe Grayson of the Department of Justice These are the Wild Riders” He made them all introduce the to a space left over on the sofa where Spencer sat
Spence noted with some amusement that she took the vacant chair next to the sofa Oh yeah, she was going to be all over theclose to onehis eyes, not in the e
“I have new assignent Grayson is here first,” Grange said “Here’s the deal For so bust operation involving the Colombian cartel in the New Orleans area has been foiled, as if the Coloe They know they have so them infor, the rogue is nowhere to be found It’s as if the Colos, andabout it So so off the Coloue inside is in league with the Colombians”
“Probably because the agent knows everyone in his depart followed or if there’s a plant,” Mac suggested
“Or her,” Lily said
“Exactly,” Grange confirue doesn’t know us”
“But wouldn’t the rogue know Agent Grayson?” Lily asked
“No She’s new”
“Great A rookie,” Spence mumbled
Shadoe glared at him Spence smiled
“Agent Grayson ood at her job Don’t underestimate her Plus, she has somespecial talents that the department is thrilled to make use of”
“Such as?” Rick asked
“I have a photographic memory,” she answered