Daisy Wong, Space Marshal: The Case of the Runaway Concubine (6 page)

She refused to go down that road.  If she did, she'd cripple
herself with second-guessing and self-recrimination.  No, it was better to
blame it on the Martian grit.  The grit had shifted into her mental gears and had
brought them to a halt.

The truth, of course, was that Snakeskin had been the target
the whole time.  He'd been Meizhen's target from before her first pregnancy.  Which
explained why she hadn't left after her first miscarriage—or after the second. 
She had had no choice but to see her plan through to the end.

Snakeskin's gaze bored into Daisy's soul.

"Find Meizhen," Snakeskin said.  "And find
the people who hired her."  His breath staggered, but he fought through
his pain and emerged intact.  In a strong, clear voice the boss of the Celestial
Fraternal Benevolent and Protective Association said, "Find them and bring
them to me."

THE END

ABOUT
THE
AUTHOR

Freddi MacNaughton lives on the Oregon coast, within
sight of the Pacific Ocean.  This means she enjoys spectacular views of the
ocean and gets rained on every time a storm blows in.  She wouldn't live
anywhere else and certainly not on Mars.  Too gritty by half!

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