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“In my line of work, information is currency. And every piece of information you give away is a little bit of power you lose that they can use against you.”
“‘They’? Who’s ‘They’?”
“I think you know who ‘They’ are,” she said wryly.
“I thought ‘They’ were your bosses.”
“They are. So I know whereof I speak.”
“You sound a little bit paranoid.”
“Maybe I am.” Her tone turned jokey as she said, “Doesn’t mean they’re not still out to get me.”
I still didn’t understand. “You work in Intelligence.”
“Yes, and?” she replied impatiently.
“They must do background checks on you all the time. They probably have a dossier on you two inches thick.”
“Doesn’t mean I have to let them add another inch.” She grinned. “Besides, you’re giving me plenty of inches already.”
I smiled in amusement. “Glad you feel that way.”
“Oh, I definitely feel it. Come on, I want to go feel it some more,” she said, tugging at my arm.
“What about dinner?”
“We’ll get room service.”
I let her pull me along the sidewalk towards my hotel.
But the whole incident with Alistair – and Rachel’s obvious desire for secrecy – made me start going back over the entire conversation in my head.
That’s when I remembered something that had bothered me.
“By the way, what was that about me being a ‘friend’?”
She looked back at me with a knowing smile. “Ohhhhh – is that what you’re upset about?”
“I’m not upset,” I protested.
“Mm-hm. So why bring it up at all?”
“It just seems to me that we’re a bit more than ‘friends.’
“We are,” she agreed.
“What are we, then?”
She laughed out loud. “You’re the girl in this relationship!”
“I am not,” I said, incensed.
“Yes you are! ‘What are we, what is this’ – that’s a girl thing to ask!” she said, finding it hilarious.
I stopped and pulled her back into my arms. “Alright, then – just this once, I’ll be the girl in the relationship. What are we?”
She smiled up at me. “We’re really good together.”
