ParkerA Reed Security Romance
Giulia Lagomarsino
Copyright © 2020 by Giulia Lagomarsino
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I started developing Parker’s story and GoodKnight back in January. Unfortunately, current events have seemed to line up just a little too perfectly with this story. I hope you enjoy this book and watch for the second part to this story in GoodKnight.
Contents
1. Senator Burke
2. Knight
3. Blake
4. Parker
5. Blake
6. Parker
7. Blake
8. Parker
9. Blake
10. Ice
11. Blake
12. Parker
13. Blake
14. Parker
15. Blake
16. Parker
17. Blake
18. Parker
19. Blake
20. Parker
21. Blake
22. Parker
23. Senator Cortez
24. Blake
25. Cap
26. Parker
27. Blake
28. Parker
29. Todd
30. Blake
31. Agent Dennick
32. Cap
33. Parker
34. Blake
35. Senator Cortez
36. Knight
37. Kate
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Knight
Cast of Characters
Cast of Reed Security
Sebastian “Cap” Reed- owner
Maggie “Freckles” Reed
Caitlin Reed
Clara Reed
Gunner Reed
Tucker Reed
Lily Reed
Carter Reed
Julia Reed
Team 1:
Derek “Irish” Cortell- team leader and part owner
Claire Cortell
Janie Cortell
Hunter “Pappy” Papacosta
Lucy Papacosta
Rylee Papacosta
Colt Papacosta
Rocco Turner
Brooke
Evelyn Rose Turner
Team 2:
Sam “Cazzo” Galmacci- team leader and part owner
Vanessa Galmacci
Sofia Galmacci
Leo Galmacci
Max Galmacci
Mark “Sinner” Sinn
Cara Sinn
Violet Sinn
Asher Sinn
Blake “Burg” Reasenburg
Emma Reasenburg
Ryker Reasenburg
Beatrix (Bea)
Team 3:
John “Ice” Peters- team leader and part owner
Lindsey Peters
Zoe Peters
Cade Peters
Willow Peters
Julian “Jules” Siegrist
Ivy Siegrist
John Christopher Hudson Siegrist
Katie Siegrist
Chris “Jack” McKay
Alison (Ali) McKay
Axel McKay
Elizabeth (Lizzie) McKay
Team 4:
Chance “Sniper” Hendrix
Morgan James (Shyla)
Payton James
Jackson Lewis
Raegan Cartwright
Annie Lewis
Parents: Susan and Robert Cartwright
Gabe Moore
Isabella (Isa) Moore
Vittoria
Lorenzo (Enzo)
Grayson Moore
Team 5:
Alec Wesley
Florrie Younge
Reid
Craig Devereux
Reese Pearson
Grant Devereux
Training:
Hudson Knight- formerly known as Garrick Knight
Kate Knight
Raven Knight
Griffin Knight
Cade Knight
Lola “Brave” Pruitt
Ryan Jackson
James Jackson (Cassandra Jackson- mother)
Piper Jackson
Ryder Jackson
Paige Jackson
Team 6:
Storm Hart
Jessica Finley
Daniel “Coop” Cooper
Becky Harding
Kayla Cooper (daughter)
Tony “Tacos” Russo
Molly Erickson
Marcello Russo
IT Department:
Robert “Rob” Markum
Chapter One
Senator Burke
“Tell Monica to push my eight a.m. back to eight-thirty tomorrow,” I said to my personal assistant over the phone. I climbed the stairs to the private club I belonged to and nodded to the doorman.
“Yes, sir. I’ll take care of that immediately. I also need to talk to you about-”
“Not now. I’m stepping into a meeting.”
“I don’t have that in your schedule,” Timothy said in confusion.
“It’s a private meeting. No interruptions the rest of the night. If something comes up, handle it yourself.”
“Yes, sir.”
I turned off my phone and walked through the lounge to the back of the club where my meeting would be held. We had a lot to discuss tonight, and only a short amount of time to get through it all. The security that had been hired when we started this project was already here. They were to sweep the room for listening devices and cameras, along with sticking around and providing security during the meeting. We couldn’t take any chances right now. We were too deep into this and there was no pulling out now.
The head of the biotech firm SynGen was already here. It had taken a lot of money to get her on our side. Helen Taylor was a tough negotiator, but I could tell when I first met her that she could be bought. I had to bring on more senators so that I could afford the funding. Essentially buying her help was not a cheap way to go, but it was our only option. We needed a lab that was privately owned and would be willing to work around certain guidelines that were set forth by the government, the same government that I was working to protect.
The rest of the senators filed in over the next few minutes. A security guard came in and took all our phones and checked each of us for any kind of recording devices. The only thing that was allowed was already pre-approved by security. That was a single laptop. We all had to log into it when the meeting started. Only then could we all be held accountable. It was my insurance policy to make sure that no one got cold feet and decided to turn on us.
“Let’s get started,” I said, drawing everyone’s attention. “I’ll have Ms. Taylor fill us in on how the project is coming along. Then we have some details to discuss.”
Helen nodded to me and stood in front of the rest of us. There were six of us in total. “Thank you, Richard. The project is on target. The trials are going well, and I think we’ll have a viable product in the next month. The researchers assure me that they are working hard on all aspects, but we are running into some complications with the second half of the project. It…may delay things, but there’s nothing that can be done about that. We’re moving as fast as we can, but if we don’t have everything we need in place, the first half of the project won’t be feasible.”
“You’re telling us this now?” Senator Nicholas Samuelson asked. “You know how much money we’ve put into this project, and now you’re telling us we might have to scrap it?”
“I promise you that the researchers are working as hard as they can-”
“Make them work harder,” Senator Nathan Brunswick cut in. “Our asses are all on the line here. We’ve already put things in motion. We can’t afford any slowdowns. This plan needs to be put in place in two months.”
Helen pursed her lips, but nodded and took her seat.
“Nathan, what do you have for us?”
Senator Brunswick was our inside guy on the committee for the Department of Homeland Security. He was able to get our security for us and ensure that our plans were shared with only the people that we knew were loyal to the cause.
“I’ve been digging into the man that broke into Senator Blakely’s house. As you all know, we believe the initial information that Senator Samuelson brought to him was being kept there in his safe. Senator Blakely had a camera hidden
