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 70

A t eight the next morning, I was sitting in the kitchen with Maggs, enjoying the early morning quiet, especially after last night. I’d left Rose in bed, exhausted after all the terror and all the comfort and now all I wanted was a quiet space to think.

Maggs lifted her head, disturbed but not on alert, and Poppy came into the kitchen, looking haggard, which was understandable.

I was a bit twitchy myself. In the past, after an op, I’d blow off steam by getting blasted, drowning the immediate stress in alcohol. When you can’t think, you can’t think dark thoughts. It was always a temporary solution because those thoughts were still there, but it’d kept me going. I’d broken my vow never to kill again. I didn’t feel bad about Norman, but the act takes a toll.