Free Homeland Security (Defenders of Love Book 2) by Unknown Page B

parking is what Cara had called his need to be backed into any parking spot. Kaiden viewed it as an easy way to make a quick escape should the need arise. Cara thought it was just another one of his deficiencies in their marriage. Come to think of it, she mocked pretty much everything he did. Katie didn't say a word though as he drove up and down lanes of parking spaces looking for the right one.
    "We have to enter through that door." Katie pointed to a detached building to the side of the main hospital building.
    Kaiden double checked the locks on the truck and felt for the gun on his hip and the knife in his pocket. He did the same thing every time he exited his vehicle, no matter what vehicle he drove. More habits Cara had found repulsive.
    Without thinking he reached for Katie's hand as they walked. She shot him a sideways glance as she withdrew her hand and started digging around in her pocketbook.
    "Sorry," he mumbled, not sorry at all.
    Katie didn't respond. She pulled her driver's license from her wallet and held it in her hand as they entered the building. An elderly gentleman dressed in a hospital security uniform rose from his seat behind a large desk to meet her.
    "Miss Katie! They've been looking for you!"
    "Who's been looking for her?" Kaiden asked before Katie even had a chance to answer.
    "Who are you? You don't work here," the security officer demanded. "He with you, Miss Katie?"
    "It's all right, Harold. He's a law enforcement officer."
    "I don't see no badge." Harold scowled at Kaiden.
    "Government agents don't have to answer to rent a cops," Kaiden snapped.
    Katie placed a hand on Kaiden's arm as she turned to the security officer. "He's okay, Harold, really. He has been protecting me since last night."
    Harold shot Kaiden a suspicious glance. "I could protect you, Miss Katie. You dump the dead weight there and let me take over. What do you need protectin' from anyway?"
    "Right now, probably the people looking for me."
    "You better get up there and tell them you didn't do it." The older man completely turned his back on Kaiden
    "Do what, Harold?" Katie asked, smiling sweetly at the old man.
    Kaiden found himself experiencing an attack of jealousy. Squashing the old green eyed monster, he stepped around Katie putting himself in the guard's sightline again.
    "Don't say anything else to him, Katie. For all we know, he's in on it." Taking Katie by the elbow, Kaiden steered her around the front desk and toward a hall with a large sign pointing toward an elevator.
    "I ain't in on nothin'!" Harold called after them even as he grabbed the receiver of the phone.
    "Right now he is calling up to your unit," Kaiden said as he pressed the up button by the elevator. "Who is he going to reach? Is there anything I need to know before we get out of this elevator again?"
    "Harold is a harmless old man who works here part time to supplement his social security. Why did you have to be so rude?" Katie demanded.
    "Rude? You think I was the rude one? Seriously? Were you not standing there? That old man was probably planning six ways to murder me where I stood."
    "Next you are probably going to insist that Harold is in on it with Nathan too."
    "It's possible." Kaiden shrugged.
    "You heard him, he doesn't know anything."
    "Perhaps. Now tell me, who was he calling?" Kaiden asked.
    "Most likely my supervisor. The floor is under lock and key and Harold doesn't like you."
    The elevator doors slid open and Kaiden followed Katie inside. After pushing the button for the fourth floor, she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the wall. Her eyes watched the doors grimly.
    Great job, James. Now she won't even look at you.
    Kaiden figured the best plan for the moment was to remain quiet. It didn't matter to him that the unit was under lock and key. One good thing about working for the feds—doors opened for him.
    When they reached the fourth floor, Katie led the way to the infectious disease department. The hospital was unusual