it than even she would credit.
Chapter 12
SHE KNEW SHE WAS BIASED, but Savendra felt wrong. Even his friends were unremarkable. There was just nothing. And that was what Dani couldn't wrap her mind around. Dani was feeling grumpy. If Savendra stuck to his usual haunts and friends, her trip to San Diego would be extremely uneventful.
The wheels hit the tarmac and she gathered her things. She needed to remember her primary objectives. The weapons and the drugs. Not Sonny Carlyle. If Smythe was involved in arms dealing, they'd be due for some very long paperwork when this whole thing wrapped up. And if Eagle's Wing got ahold of the arsenal they believed Getz had stored in his seaside fortress—well, ugly wouldn't even begin to cover what it would be like.
Knowing how the drugs were coming into the country, and through whom, would make it easier to build the case against Getz once the bust was over. And the more they had against Getz, the more he might give up about the weapons. But maybe when Sonny was in custody, just maybe, she could get some answers.
Her phone rang as she walked down the stairs onto the tarmac and into the hot Southern California spring air.
“Williamson,” she said.
“It's me,” Ty's voice responded.
“Good timing, I just stepped out of the plane. Christ, it's hot. Hold on, I need to take my jacket off.” Dani moved the phone away without waiting for an answer.
“Can I help you with your bag ma'am?” a young soldier appeared.
“Thanks, I have a car in the parking lot,” she said. “I do have a car in the parking lot, right?” she asked Ty, bringing the phone back to her ear. He told her the make, model, and color, which she repeated to the young man who headed off to find it for her. It would have been chivalrous, but Dani knew it was more about security than anything else.
“Who was that?” Ty asked.
“Some sweet, young soldier. A cutie, too,” she couldn't help but add.
“How young?” Ty asked, a tad more interested.
“It's quite possible he's still nursing,” she answered. “God, I hate flying into military bases. It makes me realize how old I am,” she added, following the young man at enough distance so he couldn't hear her.
“I'm not old, and you're younger than me,” Ty responded.
“Yeah, well I feel old when I come to these places.”
“If it makes you feel any better, you don't look old.”
Dani could hear the smile in Ty's voice. “So says the man I'm having sex with,” she responded.
“We had sex one night, I'm not sure that qualifies me as the man you're ‘having sex with.’”
Dani stopped mid-step. “Please tell me you didn't just say that in front of anyone,” she demanded. She knew it was her fault, she'd baited him. But that was before she'd remembered he wasn't the kind of guy to refrain from responding just because he was surrounded by colleagues. Even if they were her colleagues. Of course, very little got by any of her teammates, and while she'd like to think she and Ty weren't obvious about whatever was going on between them, some things were too hard, if not impossible, to hide completely. She would have preferred it if Ty hadn't announced their personal connection, but in all honesty, she doubted he'd said anything that shocked anyone.
“Marmie's here, doing her best to pretend she's not listening. She's not doing a very good job of hiding her laughter though,” he added, not at all contrite. “Oh, and Spanky is here, too. What's that Spanky?” he asked, and Dani could hear her colleague saying something. Ty let out a bark of laughter. “Spanky wants to know if you're going to come through the phone and emasculate me now, or if you're going to wait until you get back here? Either way, he wants a heads up so he can take bets.”
“Later. Definitely later,” she muttered as she reached the car. The keys were inside and she popped the trunk. The soldier placed her duffel in the back, closed it, and gave her one last look. He was very cute, in an Opie Taylor kind of way.
“Stop smiling at the private, you'll make him blush,” Ty commanded.
“Too late,” Dani answered, as the young man murmured his goodbye, blushed, and walked away.
“You in the car now?” Ty asked, bringing her back to the task at hand.
“Yes, now you can give me the specs.”
And he did. Ty rattled off the name of the