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“Now?”
“It was the plan all along. Jason was going to set off explosives at the end of the street, but someone beat him to it.”
“Yeah, a little too close to home.”
“While everyone’s distracted, they’re taking advantage,” she said, walking down the hall to a room that was set up like the IT room back at OPS. They already had half the neighborhood online, and that included video footage inside the houses.
“Any idea who set the fire?”
“Not yet. I’ve got some feelers out, so it shouldn’t be too long before we know what happened.”
“This shouldn’t have happened. That was way too fucking close to Skylar and her kid.”
She didn’t mock me this time, only nodded and got to work at her computer. “Who’s the cop that ran into your house?”
“He’s…interested in her.”
She smiled, shaking her head. “That must rankle.”
“It’s not like I could ever be with her.”
Rae stopped what she was doing and turned to me. “Is this one of those times we’re going to talk about our feelings? Because I already did that with Johnny. It was disturbing.”
“I’m just saying that the cop is the better choice.”
“Right. Why would she want to be with a sexy, muscular military man who could not only save her life, but?—”
“Jesus, I wasn’t asking for advice. Can we just focus on figuring out how to end this and forget about how sexy I am?”
She shrugged. “We can try, but I’m still a woman.”
“Don’t make me call Duke,” I muttered.
“Go ahead. He knows I’ve only got eyes for him.” She held up her left hand, wiggling her finger in front of my face.
“You married him?”
“Well, that’s what people do when they’re not terrified of love.”
I stared at the monitors, trying to figure out my next move. “They can’t stay in this neighborhood. It’s not safe for them.”
“Then you’re going to have to figure out a way to get them out,” Rae pointed out.
“Easier said than done. She’s not very trusting and I have enough problems with trying to get intel on Baz’s operation. I’m not even sure it’s possible at this point.”
“Why not?”
“Because Baz only wants me to keep his son out of trouble. I’m too far outside. Worming my way inside could take years. I’m not sure I’m up for that.”
“Can’t blame you there. I can’t believe you went along with Rafe’s insane plan to begin with.”
I scrubbed my hand over my face, trying to shake the feeling that this was all falling apart. If I couldn’t get inside, I would be stuck in this town forever, achieving nothing. I couldn’t live my life like that. If I wanted to get inside, I was going to have to make it happen, but that could be very dangerous.
“Maybe this isn’t the way to do this,” Rae finally spoke. “I’m nottrying to tell you how to do your job, but if Rafe weren’t involved, what would be your next move?”
I stared at the monitors, trying to come up with a solution. The fact was, I couldn’t see a way that this worked in our favor. Men went undercover for years and sometimes had nothing to show for it. My situation was no different.
“My next move would be too risky.”
