Page 71 of Dangerous Liaisons

“Cole and I are the only agents who have seen Perez in the flesh,” she went on. “Perez and Cole are about the same height and build. Lanton can’t be certain the man he’s seeing isn’t Perez.”

“Right.” Cole said. “Jesse and I’ll be waiting for him outside the parking garage when he shows up for work.”

Tom shook his head. “He knows Jesse is out to get him. He’ll be on his guard.”

“We have that covered,” Jesse said. “Remember Ernesta?”

Tom nodded.

“She’s in Nicaragua disguised as me. Cole’s men are keeping an eye on her under the guise of following Cole’s orders. She’s using one of my known aliases and doing what Lanton thinks I would do: laying low and waiting for this to blow over.”

“I report back to Lanton tomorrow,” Cole said. “Tonight, I’ll submit my report on how Jesse killed Perez. The report will also say my men and I interrogated a member of the Gilbero cartel, who told us the Gilbero and Flores cartels want Jesse because they believe she’s got a line on Perez’s money.”

Tom gave a low whistle. “With the Interpol warrant and a price on her head set by the drug lords, Green Leader will believe she’s got nowhere to go.”

“Right,” she agreed. “This is where you come in. With nothing coming through the wire to confirm Cole’s report, Lanton will be desperate for news. You dig up the information and put it in front of him.”

Tom raised a brow. “Make something up?”

Her heart broke.

Yes, make something up. Lie. For me.