Page 7 of SEAL's Sunshine
“Copy that. Location?”
Cam told Jake where to find him and within minutes he was at the door. After he changed, they exited out the back of the room and into the terminal each with their own cleaning cart. Jake took the west side and check the adjacent area. Cam took the east side of the terminal where Air Force One was supposed to land. As soon as they were clear, he let Halo out of his hiding place.
The rest of the team hadn’t reported in and Cam wondered what they’d walked into. It was never good when they split up the team. They each had their strengths and were better together. Jake must have been thinking the same thing because moments later Jake’s voice came over the com.
“Eagle 2, this is Eagle 1. Give me a sitrep.”
At first, there was no answer. Cam kept searching but listened intently hoping to hear a response. Finally, Rafe responded.
“Eagle 1, this is Eagle 2. Birds have flown the coop, burned the plans. Looks like their mission is a go.”
“Eagle 2 copy that. Return to the airport. Rendezvous with Eagle 5. We need to find that device.”
“Eagle 1, from what we found here it looks like there’s more than one.”
“Eagle 2, copy that.”
Fuck. So much for eliminating the threat before it got to the airport. It was probably already there. But so far they hadn’t found anything. The clock was down to one hour and seventeen minutes. They needed to find the devices before the plane landed.
Chapter 3
Chrissyand the pizza delivery guy showed up at the same time. Even better, she came bearing ice cream and three bottles of Moscato. Miranda wondered if any of them would be able to stand up by ten p.m. It was her first girl’s night ever, so she hadn’t known what to expect.
While they were waiting for Chrissy and the pizza, she and Meghan picked out a bunch of movies, some Miranda hadn’t seen. They had a mix of chick flicks and action movies with hunky men. It was a tossup about which would be better.
“I think we should start with the hunks. Let’s save the girly movies for ice cream,” Chrissy voted when Meghan asked for a preference.
“Sounds good to me. Which one should we go with?”
“How about Thor?”
“Hell yeah, and Loki isn’t hard on the eyes either,” Chrissy said and laughed. Miranda liked her already. Who knew that an FBI analyst could be so much fun?
While Meghan started the movie, she grabbed a slice of pizza and settled into the corner of the couch. Chrissy poured the wine and handed Miranda a glass. They gabbed more than watched the movie, commenting on abs and six packs. Loki was cute, in an evil sort of way, but damn that Chris Hemsworth was one sexy man and reminded her of Cam. She ‘d tried not to think about where he was or worry about what he was doing. As much fun as she was having with Chrissy and Meghan, she’d been looking forward to seeing him.
“Hey, no moping. This is girl’s night. We drink, eat too much, and laugh our asses off until we can’t breathe. Those are the rules,” Meghan said, and Chrissy nodded as she took another bite of pizza.
Determined to have a good time, she smiled, took a huge swallow of wine and asked, “How long have you known each other?”
“Me and Chrissy? Hell, we grew up together. So it’s what? Almost thirty years?”
“At least,” Chrissy agreed.
“Thirty? I didn’t realize you were that much older than Charlie.”
“He’s the baby of the family and Lizzie is the oldest. I’m the problem child in the middle. Or at least that’s what Mom used to say. I’ll be thirty-two this year.”
“I didn’t mean you were old.”
“I didn’t take it that way.” Meghan smiled and refilled her wine glass. “Now drink up. We have two more bottles to finish.”
“We’re going to drink all that wine? Three bottles?”
“The only rules are to have fun, remember? That’s all that matters.”
“Miranda, haven’t you done this with your friends?” Chrissy asked.
“Not really. We’d go to the movies, out to dinner, but never anything like this. I guess it was partly my parents, they were always strict about who I could be friends with and what I did. They called it being careful, I called it being overprotective and stifling. Then when dad became a senator there was security all the time. It was easier to just stay home until I joined the missionary group.”
