by Gary Ponzo
“Okay,” Nick said. “I’ll see you in a minute.” He pushed the telescoped receiver down into the barrel of the pen, then handed it to Jess, who still wore a look of shock on her face.
“You gave this to me on purpose,” Jess said, marveling at the device she held in her hand. “Then you baited Bennett into using me as an interviewer, knowing he wouldn’t take the pen away from me.”
“Big ego like his, that’s hard to resist.”
“And you knew he was a D.B. Cooper fan, so you suspected him all along.”
“No, that’s not true. I had no idea who might be looking for the device. Our source was hardly credible. I took the flight just on a whim.”
Jess cocked her head. “Agent Bracco, you brought a radio device with a GPS locator and had your partner follow you in a DOJ plane all on a whim?”
Nick shrugged. “Some whims are more valuable than others.”
Among the chanting and celebrating, an elderly woman walked over to Nick and gave him a big hug.
“Thank you so very much,” she said. “I’ve never had more excitement in my entire life. And I’m eighty-nine.”
Nick gave her a peck on the forehead and found Jess madly scribbling notes as the F-16’s caught up with the Gulfstream and the DOJ plane began its final turn.
“So,” Nick said, “you’ll have quite an exclusive. I’m guessing Taboo Magazine is going to love you.”
“They already love me,” Jess said, never removing her eyes from her notebook. “This one deserves to be a book.”
“Nice,” Nick said. “What’ll you name it?”
Jess looked up at the card trick playing out in the sky overhead. “I think I’ll title it, A Touch of Deceit.”
Nick grinned. “I love it.”
The End
If you enjoyed this book, you’ll find the other Nick Bracco thrillers on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and many other locations:
A Touch of Deceit
A Touch of Revenge
A Touch of Greed
A Touch of Malice
A Touch of Tequila
Thank you very much,
Gary Ponzo
Table of Contents
Flight 12
Copyright
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
