Old Growth & Ivy (The Spook Hills Trilogy Book 1) - Plot & Excerpts
Something was up and Ivy figured it had to do with the Bureau. "Big Guy," she said, without even a hint of a smile. "I think you had better make us all stiff drinks." Steve gave her one of his assessing looks, nodded and headed to the little bar by the kitchen. Their habit was to share cocktails or wine before dinner like a regular family while they talked about their days. Ivy could tell this evening would not be a cozy chat over drinks. Steve had a fire going in the living room, but she noticed he had a half-packed suitcase out on the bed. Mathew was near the fire in an armchair. Once he made the drinks, Steve sat at one end of the leather couch. Instead of taking her usual place next to him, Ivy pushed over an ottoman and sat facing both of them. "Ivy, I had a call today from the Chief," Steve began, as was his style, starting right in without any preamble. "We think we have located the head of the drug operation on a yacht off the coast of Mexico. We are working with the Navy and the DEA to organize a search and capture mission. The yacht is anchored off an inhabited island. The thought is to bring a ship in a couple of miles away to track it if they run. We will approach the boat from the air, rappelling down out of a chopper. Surface vessels might alert the perps to set sail, however the yacht is under a regular flight pattern. Our chopper will swoop in a bit lower." A frisson of fear skirted around Ivy's heart. "They want you to head up the mission." "Like I said, it's a joint operation. We’ll have lots of support." "And you've done this before, rappelling out of a helicopter?" "In training. We'll do a couple of refresher test jumps. The Navy Seals will go first to handle the lines for getting the rest of us down." "Ivy, it's not as hard as you think," Mathew interjected. "I was scared shitless the first time we did it in training.
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