“That was the one where it was you and Chris there, correct?” Gene asked.
She nodded.
“You and Ethan were in Puerto Rico, and Callen was on a book tour. We went because Baldini told me I had no choice.”
Yeah, they all remembered now.
As for the cross being altered, Gene knew what that meant.
“When Jesus is off of the cross, it goes from suffering to resurrection. That’s the difference between a Catholic crucifix and a Christian cross. Before and after.”
She was aware.
For hours, she’d been mulling this over, and she was trying to get a grasp on it.
“How many days did it take?” she asked, knowing Gene would understand what she was saying.
And she was right.
“Three,” Gene said. “Jesus resurrected after three days,” he said. “So, he’s going to do what in three days?”
She was to the point.
“Cause death, I’d say, or possibly come for one of us. He’s leaving clues for me to find in threes. That’s the holy number. As soon as I land in DC, and he gets wind of it, and he will, the clock starts ticking. We have three days until something bad happens. So, I need you guys to be very careful.”
Elizabeth only hoped she wasn’t wrong about this, or this could cost someone their life.
HER.
Ethan had a question.
“Will you be coming back here?”
She wasn’t going to answer him at first, but instead, say something petty. But she didn’t have the time or the energy for that.
Honestly, she had to choose her battles.
For now.
Later, she and Ethan would have to have a talk because she didn’t want to be in a marriage with someone who didn’t have faith in her.
Oh, she got his mood, temper, and melancholy, but she couldn’t, and wouldn’t, let it take her down.
This was their make-or-break moment, and she knew it.
“I’m willing to bet that he directs me back there at some point. Right now, he’s having fun with me a day or two behind him. I’m sure he’s living for this. When I least expect it, he’ll drop the hammer on us. For now, he’s controlling this, and where I pop up for a reason.”
Well, that sucked.
And it was dangerous for her.
“Ivan?” she asked.
He appeared back on the screen.
“Yo?”
Because she was worried, she went there.
