Chapter 2
“I have only a little time while they set up the next scene,” Isobel commented as she ate some chili.
Michelle had been enjoying her own until Ricardo’s comment. A moment ago she’d wondered if she’d ever really tasted chili before; it looked so simple and tasted so complex. Now it tasted like old sandpaper.
She’d enjoyed going on the little missions the team had done before.
When it had been the four of them—her with Anton, Isobel, and Ricardo—it had almost felt like family. Bickering, squabbling, teasing family, but family.
With Hannah and Jesse on board, they’d taken on their most serious mission yet, rescuing the US ambassador. It had been exciting…until the Congo’s presidential guards had started trying to kill them with machine guns.
Michelle hadn’t peed her pants, but
