Morgan's Wife

"Dammit, Pepper, this isn't how I wanted it,"

Jim growled. "I wanted...time with you. We don't have it. You're special. I.. .just wanted you to know that."

Stunned, Pepper stared up at him as the plane banked sharply. "Jim," she said brokenly, "there are so many—"

"Thirty seconds!" boomed the jumpmaster.

Jim cursed softly. It was too late. He saw the jumpmaster's grim face, watched the blinking red light that would soon turn green. The C-130 straightened into level flight, and the wind whipped against them. And Jim's mind reluctantly revolved forward to the mission at hand.

God willing, he and Pepper would find Laura Trayhern and get her—and themselves— out alive.

But so much could go wrong. So much...

The light flashed green.

The jumpmaster gave the signal.

To my long-lost Armenian uncle, John Vinton Cramer,

and
his wonderful Armenian friends: Jack Harvey and

Bill Taylor, who all have motor oil for blood and a

Sprint race car engine for a heart!

and

To my long-lost Armenian cousins, Maryann and Martha.

ISBN 0-373-09986-X

MORGAN'S WIFE

Copyright © 1995 by Lindsay McKenna

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