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“Yeah, yeah,” I lied. “Too dangerous for me.”
“Good. I’d hate to see someone like you get wrapped up in this. It’s been hell for me trying to get out.”
“Why is that?”
He grinned and pointed a finger at me.
“Ah, there you go again. Nice one. You almost got me.”
Out the window, Tony Roth rushed toward us.
“Fuck,” I said.
Cooper twisted around in his seat and opened the door.
“What’s up, Roth?” he asked.
“Captain wants to see her. Right away.”
“What about?”
“Don’t worry about it,” I said, climbing down from the massive vehicle.
When I walked around, I saw him staring at me.
“Be careful,” he said in a quiet voice.
“I’m always careful,” I said confidently as I walked past him.
Tony dashed back to the CO’s office building, reaching it before me. Cooper walked back to his CHU. I smiled at how familiar I’d become with the terminology in such a short time period.
Inside the long, metal building, my smile faded as soon as I saw Captain Jeffries behind his desk.
“What in the hell were you doing off base with Cooper?” he asked, skipping any form of greeting.
“Hello to you, too, Captain.”
I walked over and sat down in front of his desk.
“You better answer my question,” he said.
Our eyes met. I flipped through a few options in my mind.
“Me and Cooper have been getting along, and…”
“Don’t say anymore,” he interrupted, raising his hand into the air. “I don’t want to hear it.”
“It was my idea, not his.”
“I don’t care whose idea it was, Ms. Hart, he should know better than to go out in that area unaccompanied and with a civilian.”
“We were fine. I didn’t see anyone around for miles.”
“You didn’t see anyone?”
I shook my head and lied one more time.
“No.”
