Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Chapter 16

Carter

When Chief called me into the office, it wasn’t for what I had expected.

“We have a problem,” he said, staring at me, and clasping his hands together as he eyed me.

“Someone is squatting at Jake’s place. I need you to go in and assess the situation.”

I groaned, “Why me? Can’t Mazzy do it?” I asked, the complaint obvious in my tone.

“No, because Mrs. O’Conner said she saw a female apparition on the long road (tha’ts what we

called the road leading to the outskirts) and He requested you for the job. Jake had secrets.

Mazzy doesn’t know how to be tactful.” I glanced out the window of his office to see Mazzy

giving some kids a hard time for skateboarding. I suppose he had a point.

I sighed. “So what’s the deal? I gotta run her off or something?”

“No, he wants you to figure out who she is, and why she’s here, then report back. Report all

your information to him; nobody else.” Cryptic and weird. It would feel odd reporting directly

to him, but what else was I going to do?

“Alright, I’ll head over this afternoon for some snooping,” I relented.

“Make contact if you find an opening. He doesn’t want you to spook her,” Chief added. Now

that was strange. He liked outsiders about as much as the rest of us. He tolerated the tourists,

like we all did, for the dollars they brought in. Some of us even catered to that, but for him to

suggest not wanting to scare her off, he knew something the rest of us didn’t, and it was my

job to find out who this woman was. “Whatever you have to do, Carter, stay close to her, don’t

let her dig too deep,” Chief insisted. This had just turned into a “special” assignment. I didn’t

know whether to be flattered or insulted. I had just been appointed babysitter of this

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It wasn’t as if I hadn’t had to play a part or two before. I’d done it, maybe too dutifully, a few

times. Taking a random tourist woman under my ‘wing‘ who had a notion to overstay her

welcome; just to purposefully break her heart and send her on her way. All for the love of the

community and shit, I didn’t like doing it but, someone had to, and though it had it’s

temporary perks, sometimes I found I liked them too much. I was tired of ripping the

proverbial band–aid off over and over again, when the endgame was to always get ‘em out.

Being Divide’s most eligible bachelor was the pits. Most times, I got to cut to the chase and

shoo them off. These “be friendly” assignments, though, were against my nature. I liked

women a bit too much. Breaking hearts and being purposefully cruel wasn’t who I was.

Walking out of the Chief’s office, I knew one thing for sure, I needed a beer and a sandwich

before I went out there. No use showing up hangry and irritable, when I was told to be hospitable. On my way out, I waved Mazzy over. Her thick, top–heavy frame meandered over.

“What?” she asked, tartly.

“I’ve just been put on an assignment, I need you to watch my rounds,” I let her know.

She scowled. “What sort of assignment?”

“I don’t know yet, suppose I’ll know soon enough,” I let her know without telling her the

details. Otherwise, her panties would be in a bunch. “Oh, and Ole Mrs. O’Conner is seeing

things again; might wanna stay clear of her til she quiets down again,” I let her know. Mazzy

rolled her eyes. I usually took the in–town route, while Mazzy manned the more rural

shenanigans.

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