James Bronson had already been in Haiti for three months when the earthquake hit. There were maybe only three people in the world who knew he was here, you see James works for the CIA and there aren't a lot of people who know the company has any presence in that poor country.
When the quake tore that unfortunate island apart, James was locked in a secret basement of an undisclosed building with a new recruit and he was trying to give her a crash course on being an operative. Justine Laurette had all the makings of being a good agent except knowledge. What James thought was that Justine had all the makings of being a superb lover but of course, he kept that to himself. He actually had not spent that much time with a black woman before and now he found he was captivated by her features. Her curly hair hung in ringlets framing her face. Her eyes dark and friendly eyes always sparkled when she smiled and even her nose although somewhat big and flat seemed just to add character to her face. However, it was her lips that he thought was her best facial feature, big and full and he wondered how many women spent thousands of dollars just trying to match those lips. All James could think about was putting his mouth to hers as he watched her talk. Yet it was just conjecture, as he knew the number one rule of field agents was, don't get involved.
All of that changed in a manner of minutes as the building came crashing down on top of them. It was over in seconds but he thought it lasted for hours. He had been thrown to the floor and now in the dark he found himself disoriented and confused.
"Justine, Justine, are you all right?"
At first, he heard no reply and then merely a moan. He struggled to his knees and crawled to the sound. She was lying under a cabinet and he worked hard to free her. When he had picked it up enough, she was able to scoot out from under the huge piece of furniture. He leaned her up against it and then searched for the bag he always kept with him. He found it under what used to be a desk and inside he found his flashlight and one of the bottles of water he took everywhere.
"Here drink this; do you think you're hurt?"