by Kathy Altman
“I’m upsetting him?”
“Just give him a minute, okay?” Wentworth ran a hand through his perfectly cut hair. “He’s confused. He’s been through a lot.”
Kelly plopped back down in the chair. “Yeah, well, so have I. What’s going on here?”
One of the suits stepped forward. “Officer Jenkins, I’m Special Agent Walt Ballard.”
“FBI?”
“Yes.”
Kelly nodded. “I knew you were a fed.”
“Why don’t you fill us in,” Ballard said. “How did you meet Jason?”
Beginning with her first sight of Jason, Kelly relayed what had occurred in the park.
“You used martial arts to knock a gun out of the man’s hand?” Wentworth interrupted in a shocked voice.
Kelly nodded. “Instinct. These guys were amateurs. I mean, come on, they let a kid get away from them.”
“An amateur could still shoot my son.” Wentworth glared at her as if she were the criminal.
“You’re upset because I kicked the gun from his hand?” Kelly demanded, glaring right back. “So I should have just handed him over to the bad guys?”
“Go on, Officer Jenkins,” Ballard said.
Kelly squared her shoulders and continued, ending with concise descriptions of Caleb and Adam.
“The last I saw them they were hauling ass toward the marina. The Miami PD sent officers after them. I assume this is a kidnapping?”
“Yes,” Ballard replied. “Apparently there was a miscommunication on the drop site.”
Wentworth muttered something about the Keystone Cops.
Ballard turned to Wentworth. “Jason is safe, Mr. Wentworth. Your continued sarcasm isn’t necessary or helpful.”
“Safe?” Wentworth spit out. “He’s clinging to some strange woman I’ve never seen before who almost got him shot, and he thinks he found his mother.”
“Yeah, well, this strange woman likely saved your son’s life.”
“If you had done your job correctly, the way I—”
“Hey, guys.” Kelly shouted over the rising voices. She placed her hand protectively on Jason’s head as he burrowed into her shoulder. His entire body shook with the force of his sobs.
Wentworth whirled on her.
Kelly met his penetrating gaze. “This is so not what this little boy needs right now,” she told him in a quiet voice.
Copyright © 2017 by Sharon S. Hartley
ISBN-13: 9781488017384
Making It Right
Copyright © 2017 by Kathy Altman
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