Bluegrass Undercover (Bluegrass Brothers)

for the casserole.
    “I don’t have a boyfriend.” Three white heads swiveled around and smiles appeared at once.
    “Well, love your heart! It’s lucky we stopped by then. We know plenty of men. Now don’t be rude and keep that person waiting on the phone. Don’t mind us!” Lily put the casserole in the fridge, turned to her sisters and started pulling out covered dishes from the basket. Annie looked down at the phone and cringed.
    “Sorry about that. The welcoming committee is here.”
    “I guessed that. Now about our meeting.” The doorbell went off again and her boss dropped the f word.
    “I got it, dear!” one of the sisters shouted from the kitchen.
    “Go ahead, Romero. But, you may want to make it quick.” Annie looked to the door to see a pretty woman her own age with a handsome man who had Fed written all over him. “Sir, do you have anyone else in town?” she whispered, looking away from the couple.
    “No, why?”
    “A fed just walked in. I would bet my life on it.”
    “Details.”
    “Thirty, dark hair, silver eyes, six feet, no visible tats. He’s with a woman in her mid to late twenties, brown hair.” Annie waited as she heard the keys of Romero’s computer tapping as he ran a search.
    “I think I got it. Cole Parker. He’s the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Lexington Office. I heard through the cop-vine he just got engaged. If you need anything and he’s nearby, you get him to help. He’s the one that just took down that corruption ring out of New York and D.C. Now, before we get interrupted again. Jesus, was that the doorbell again?”
    “Yes, sir.” Annie was sure she heard the whistle of steam coming out of his ears.
    “Meeting, tomorrow, seven in the morning at the office. Got it.”
    “Yes, sir.” The doorbell rang again and Romero hung up while rattling off a string of curse words. They really did have a lot to discuss. Annie tucked away her phone and turned to see her small house filled up and people hanging out on the porch. Who were these people and why where they here?
    “Oh, good, you’re off the phone. Come meet everyone!” Lily took her hand and dragged her over to the FBI agent and his fiancé. “This is Cole Parker and Paige Davies.”
    “It’s so nice to meet you. I heard all about you and I just had to meet you!”
    “Heard about me?” She shot a glance at Cole. Maybe he knew somehow who she was. The look she got back said he didn’t, but he was smart enough to figure it out.
    “Yes! Marshall told me all about you and my brother. It was so funny that I had to meet the woman who didn’t swoon at his feet.”
    “Sorry. Paige forgets that not everyone knows her family tree. The brother to whom she is referring is Cade Davies. He’s the biology teacher and football coach at the high school.”
    “Oh! The guy that needs to learn self-defense. Yeah, I know who you’re talking about. It’s nice to meet you both.”
    “Annie, come meet this young man. He’s single too!” Wow, Lily was sure one for subtlety. “This is Ahmed. He’s not from here either.”
    Annie looked at the hard man and cringed. Was everyone here a fed? At least the feds here were hot. Ahmed was shorter than Cole, but was built. His body showed a life dedication to training and she bet she could bounce a quarter off his…well, his everything.
    “So, what do you do for a living?”
    “I am the head of security for Mo,” he said in a heavily accented voice. Middle East somewhere she guessed.
    “Mo?”
    “The Prince of Rahmi. Well, and now also his fiancée Danielle.” He nodded to the couple now talking to Cole and Paige. “So, Miss Lily has put you on the must need to be married list.”
    “It appears so. Never really wanted to be married. My lifestyle doesn’t support it.”
    “Hmm. Guidance counselors have tough schedules.” He gave her a look that said he knew way more than she wanted him too. “If you ever need help…guiding someone, let me know. We single-don’t-want-to-be-married people need to stick together.” With a quick bow of his head, he turned and headed out the door. Who were these people? She needed to hook up her computer as soon as she had her meeting with her boss, get her new login to the database and run a search on the whole town.

Chapter Four
     
    Cade stared at the papers spread out on his desk in disbelief. He had never felt like hurting a kid, but he sure did now. What were they thinking? Drugs ... drugs in Keeneston. It