You can make all this disappear so I can go back to my normal, boring life.
But I couldn’t say any of that. John had already promised to help find answers, so it wouldn’t do me any good to keep asking for things he couldn’t provide.
So I shook my head as I stared at my empty hands and said, “No.”
I wish my parents, the ones who’d raised me, were still alive.I desperately need a hug.
Chapter 26
Austin
“What’d you leave out?” I asked as Gibson drove away from SSI.
“The CIA investigated the Singers, but despite the accusations, there was no evidence they’d turned traitors.”
Someone had left the doctored case accusing them open, so they’d looked guilty for the last twenty-five years.
“And?”
“The officers from the audio are dead, so they aren’t responsible for whatever is happening now.”
“And?” I hated it when Gibson held back.
“And I need to know you aren’t going soft on me.”
“I’m not.”
“Then what was that display in the conference room?”
Me losing my edge. Me going soft. Me putting the case in jeopardy because I cared more about Nina than being professional.
“Nina needs to be handled carefully.”
“And that requires you to keep touching her because?”
“Because I won’t risk blowing this investigation because she clams up.”
“Keep telling yourself that.”
“Fuck you, Gibson.”
“Right back atcha, Boss.”
I didn’t have to tell him he was right. This investigation was different. I was handling it differently.
Nina had gotten under my skin, and no matter how much I tried, I couldn’t shake the desire to take care of her and the need to protect her.
“What else do you know?”
“This stays between us.”
Fuck, I won’t like this.
“We’re being watched.”
Instinctively, I glanced in the rearview mirror, but nothing stood out.
“Digitally?”
