Rocky Start

Rocky Start

Author: Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer Listening Length: 11h 50m
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Think of the movie RED. Retired covert operatives living in a small town in the Smoky Mountains. What could go wrong? From the bestselling authors of Agnes and the Hitman and the Liz Danger series. Rose Malone’s landlord and employer, Ozzie Oswald, just died, and now she has no idea if she has a job or if she and her ...

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CHAPTER 34

P ike had his cellphone out as soon as we were outside, and he typed a quick message to someone. Done, he put the phone away and indicated for me to join him as he ambled east down State Street to the right of the blue line, which meant we were in North Carolina. There weren’t many people about, just a handful of cars parked along the wide, blue-lined avenue.

“We don’t get a lot of tourists,” he told me. “Easier to take the interstates around the mountains. Off the beaten path is a big reason why Oz and I thought this would be a good place to retire.”

“Hide,” I said as we passed a storefront painted green, its windows full of book displays, a big sign above the window that read “Cover Stories . ”