Most agreed they had at some point.
“My point, Nina, is that we tend not to fully trust those people. Cate’s instincts are good, so if she trusts Agent Jones, then so do we.”
“I think that’s the nicest thing I’ve heard you say,” Jay grinned.
“Shut up,” Ryan grunted while flipping Jay the finger.
“Can I take this stuff with me so I can look at it while I’m hiding?”
“We’ll pack up the copies, but the originals have to stay here.”
That was fair. “What about the stuff in the box?” I pointed at the jewelry box.
“I’m sorry, Nina, everything we found is evidence. I have to turn it in, but I’ll do my best to get it back to you as quickly as possible.”
I had a feeling I’d never see any of it again.
“Can I at least have pictures of the stuff?” I asked. “So I know what they left me.”
Focus on the positive and find something to be grateful for, Nana’s voice sounded in my head. It would’ve been nice to keep the jewelry and trinkets, but pictures would be enough. They’d remind me of the things my parents wanted me to have, even if I couldn’t keep them.
“Do you want me to print them or email them?” Doug asked, not bothering to wait for Austin to answer.
“Email’s fine.” I could print them later. The digital ones would be easier to pack, and I could see them any time I wanted.
“Consider it done.”
“Thank you.”
How can I ever repay them all?
Chapter 46
Austin
“We’ll take you home tonight and leave for the safe house tomorrow. That’ll give you time to pack and see your grandmother,” Austin said.
Her eyes bugged out. “Is it safe?”
“Yes, we’ll have people inside and out to watch over us.”
Nina looked around the room. “But you’ve all been working all day.”
“We’ll take shifts and sleep in between,” Jack said.
“It’s nothing we haven’t done a hundred times before,” Jamie said.
“Thousands,” Jay and G said at the same time.
They air fist-bumped with knowing smiles.
Jay and Gibson were opposite sides of the same coin, and I was grateful they were on my team.
Individually, they were dangerous. Working together, they’d be unstoppable.
And I needed them, Nina needed them, to be unstoppable.
I’d served with the SEAL team, and had given Jay shit for assuming I did all my work from a recliner in a temperature controlled office, but the reality was that while I was with the team in the field, I wasn’t part of the team.
