But I was me, and that wasn't my style.
To John, I said, “I’m leaving the other decisions up to you.” I faced Jamie and returned to the original issue. “And in case you haven’t noticed, I’m literally leaving every shred of hard evidence I have to nail these bastards with you and your team while I drive Nina home tonight.”
Jamie nodded.
“In case I haven't been clear enough for you.” I swallowed the bitter pill and owned the truth. “I need your help.”
It was as close to an emotional plea as I could get.
“You have it,” John said.
“Thank you.”
“What else can we do tonight?” Jamie asked.
“Photograph and copy the personal stuff for Nina.”
“Do you want to take the evidence to the safe house?”
My stomach dropped like it always did when my sixth sense spoke up. “No. Let’s leave that here.”
“Shit. You have that feeling again, don’t you?”
“Care to share with the classroom?” John asked.
“Winchester doesn’t want us to have anything relating to the case with us because he’s worried they’re nab us en route. That about sum it up, boss?”
“That about sums it up.” I said, while pinching the bridge of my nose.
“This is gonna get ugly, isn’t it?” Jay asked, not realizing he was asking the same question G had asked earlier in the week.
“Very.”
And Nina, Gibson, and I would be caught in the crosshairs.
“You sure you don’t want a two car escort?” Jack asked.
“Positive. It’ll be easier to lose a tail with fewer cars.”
“I’ll have people on standby, just in case.”
“Don’t forget, we’ll have Shepherd Security to help when things go FUBAR.”
I couldn’t have been the only one who heard G’s omission of the word if.
“Only if we can’t handle it ourselves. We don’t want to create a bigger issue by bringing in Shepherd,” I said.
“Is anyone else a little weirded out by the Sheppards calling in Shepherds for backup?”
“One Shepherd,” G corrected Doug. “Shepherd Security is a brotherhood, but not a family business.”
“Whatever, that’s not my point. We already have too many Sheppards; that’s why Cate goes by Maxwell at work.”
“Trust me, we’ll be happy they’re covering our six.”
“G’s right. These guys are the best of the best, and if we make a mess, they can help clean it up.”
Another piece of my integrity slid away and twirled down the fucking toilet.
