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Chapter One
Private Detective Rick Diaretfully at the eotten a double It couldn't be helped, now though This was his first day undercover as an intern at Cynertex Manufacturing, and it was only a few lanced at his watch and then dialed his nephew and business partner, Mike
On the fourth ring, Mike finally picked up, his voice groggy “H'lo?”
“It's Rick Get your ass up, kid You've got ain forty-five with Dean Sorenson Insurance fraud Why didn't you set an alarm?”
“Morning,” Mike grumbled “I did have one set for fifteen minutes from now I'm at Cass's and sh— Sonofabitch, Roddy! Get down Fuck!”
“The dog still giving you shit,” Rick asked, after the cursing died down
“Yeah” Mike grunted “He just jumped directly onto my ball sack The devil beast has radar”
“I'll light a candle for your nuts,” Rick said sarcastically “Listen up, kid I' et a hold of e me Try not to burn the office down, please”
Mike didn't respond to his stateht year old intern is even remotely plausible?”
Rick sighed “We went over my cover, you smart ass Remember?”
“I know I know I'et to do that?”
“Don't be late for yourup my ass”
“G-God dammit, Roddy! Sit,” Mike yelled in response
“Enjoy yourmuch better about his new internship
A feeeks ago Wallace Chase, the CEO of Cynertex, approached hi The specs for one of the products they'd been working on for months had been leaked to a competitor Just days before the launch of the product, their competitor had beaten them to market Cynertex predictably lost est companies in the Toronto area, that boded well for no one
Now, they were on the cusp of developing a revolutionary new building material that was almost entirely fire resistant For the first tiht, affordable, and even moderately attractive, Chase had claimed If he was even remotely close to correct, then his company would revolutionize the architecture industry for decades to come
Rick was being installed as a new intern in the depart developed so he could locate the leak As he slipped out of his vehicle and then locked the door, he wondered whether his cover was actually plausible He was a little too old to be an intern Plus he had that 'don't fuck with me' look that most people associated with police officers Thathis time in the US
Too late now, he figured, as he walked toward the entrance As he approached the door, he hurried forward to open it for the cute brunette woue s him in the eye
Shy little thing, he h He watched the subtle sway of her hips as she walked toward the bank of elevators with regret There definitely wasn't any time for that
After he checked in at the desk, the hu wo” process He'd filled out what felt like seventy forht In order to make it look as authentic as possible to all parties involved, he was actually beco an employee That meant applications, tax forn a non-disclosure agreement
As if he'd have the foggiest idea what the hell these people were doing in the lab That didn't really h He was there pri soure out who it was
It was almost noon when all of the paperas finally coe and an entry card for the parking lot Then he'd been taken directly to the lab where he'd be working for the next feeeks