Free Rogue Ghost (CIA Ghost Series Book 1) by Mike Ryan

walked over to Turner’s porch as he arrived.
    “Look like your dog just died,” Cole stated.
    “Well, hasn’t exactly been a great day.”
    “Gotta get over it. If you’re gonna help on this mission you need to be thinking clearly.”
    “Yeah, well, when you’re lied to constantly by neighbors, friends, dates, it makes thinking clearly a little hard,” Turner replied.
    “Your feelings are hurt. I get it. But if you’re gonna make it through this then you need to move past it.”
    “What do you mean…get through this?”
    “You want the nice, friendly, massage your feelings version or the blunt and honest version?”
    “Umm…well,” Turner stated, not sure he liked the sound of either.
    “Doesn’t matter. I don’t do nice and friendly anyway. I’m always blunt and honest.”
    “I guess that makes it simpler.”
    “Stop worrying about what you’ve lost and start being thankful you’re even alive at this point.”
    “You’re trying to tell me something. I can tell,” Turner quipped.
    “Need me to spell it out for you?”
    “Please do. I guess.”
    “You need to get your head in the game and help find Davis before time runs out on your ability to stand upright,” Cole sarcastically added.
    “What exactly are you saying?”
    “Fine. I’ll explain the game to you. You were in direct contact with a rogue CIA agent who has stolen classified documents. Thousands of top secret and classified files. You’ve seen what’s in those files. Know what that makes you?”
    “Uhh…an extremely good person?”
    “In the eyes of the CIA that makes you a security risk and possible leak,” Cole informed him.
    “I wouldn’t tell anyone anything.”
    “You say that now. But what if Davis gets into a sticky situation and dimes you out that you know things. Bad people come knocking at your door and beat the information that you know out of you.”
    “Hopefully you and Alex would come save me?”
    “We’re not gonna be here forever. So in order to prevent that scenario from happening, they would put a hit out on you.”
    “Hit. As in to kill me?” Turner shockingly asked.
    “They’d send a guy like me to come out here and put a bullet in your head,” Cole bluntly said.
    “So what’s to stop them from doing that even if we find Davis?”
    “Nothing.”
    “I could always run.”
    “Please. This ain’t like the movies. They’d find you in about thirty seconds. Your best bet is helping to find Davis and prove you’re not a liability.”
    “I thought this was gonna be a pep talk to raise my spirits,” Turner stated.
    “Wasn’t it? You should be feeling pretty good right now. You’re alive and breathing. Doesn’t get much better than that,” Cole smiled.
    “So how do I know I’m not gonna get killed in the middle of the night while I’m sleeping?” Turner worried.
    “The truth?”
    “Aren’t you gonna give it to me anyway?”
    Cole laughed. “Yeah. The truth is you may feel like you’ve been betrayed by Davis, Parker and whatever else. But that woman over there is the only reason you’ve got a fighting chance right now.”
    “How’s that?”
    “Because after we made our report they felt you had no value and were gonna put the order out on you,” Cole explained.
    “So why didn’t they?”
    “Parker. I know you probably think she lied to you or hurt your feelings or something and you lost your chance to stick your wee wee in the pickle jar. But she went against orders and fought for you. I don’t know if she thinks you’re just a good guy who didn’t deserve it or she thinks…something else. But she resisted. For whatever reason she thinks you’re worth fighting for. For some reason I can’t think of, she seems to actually have feelings for you. I, on the other hand, probably wouldn’t have done the same. So you better thank your lucky stars that she’s even here.”
    “Maybe I will.”
    “And before you go getting weepy and emotional just remember…Parker’s a top