Taken Beyond Temptation

“Go ahead,” Avery said. “You can add him to my tab. What else can I do?”

“While Jillian is in the hotel meeting with this Colonel Jenkins tomorrow, I figure that’s a good time for Jack Ryan to begin his research. I’ll interview the staff members, establish my persona. You might want to mention that Jack Ryan is here and what I’m doing to Jillian when you join her. We seem destined to run into each other. I think it’s best if she knows who I am—who I’m supposed to be.”

“You’re right. I’ll fill her in. Anything else?”

“What do you know about this Colonel Sam Jenkins?”

Avery frowned. “Just what Jillian’s told me. According to her, he’s made quite a reputation for himself in the hotel industry, mostly in the Southeast. Why?”

“Just curious. When I was tailing the ladies to the bookstore, I caught snatches of their conversation. According to Miss Pritchard, Colonel Jenkins might have been born right here on Belle Island. If it’s the same one she remembers, the colonel’s father died here tragically and the family moved away.”

“Jillian never mentioned that.”

“It might be a different Jenkins.”

Avery’s cell rang. “Yeah?” When he repocketed his cell, he said, “That was Jillian. The girls are ready for coffee.”

As he let Avery out of his room, Ian thought of what he hadn’t told the man. If Jillian decided to confront him, he had two problems to worry about. Number one was his rapidly escalating and so far uncontrollable response to her. The second was how long he could keep the Jack Ryan cover story going. The woman was no dummy.

5

“OKAY. SO WHAT YOU’RE working with are three disturbing incidents at the hotel and one occurrence of vandalism at a property Jillian Brightman has purchased in the village.”

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