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The phone woke me, and I rolled over to grab it.
Bright calling.
I turned the light on, sat up against the headboard, and knew this wasn’t going to be a good call.
“Yeah?”
Bailey rolled over, lifting her head. She was blinking at me, still drowsy.
Glancing at the clock, I added, “It’s four in the morning.”
“Your girlfriend messed up.”
Fuck.
Throwing back the covers, I stood and went to grab my pants. Pulling them on, I grabbed a shirt and threw it over my shoulder.
“What’s going on?”
I headed for the hallway, but mouthed to Bailey,“Go to sleep. I’ll be back.”
Her eyes were troubled. I doubted she’d go to bed.
Going out into the hallway, I headed for Peter’s study. “Hold a second.”
“No.” Bright’s tone was snarling. “Youhold on. We knowwhat you and your girlfriend did. We also know you didn’t call when you could’ve called.”
Coming to the office, I left the lights off and went to stand at the windows. The golf course lay just beyond and the lighting was on, but dim, so anyone walking could still see.
This place had been my home for half my life.
With this conversation, I was now wondering if I’d be getting a different home for the rest of my life.
“You found the house.”
“We found your twin and Chrissy Hayes!” she snapped. “Why the fuck didn’t you give us a heads-up?” She pressed on, not letting me answer. “And don’t even give me some bullshit story where you wanted to handle it yourself, because you know that’ll give you so many felonies that we could lock you up for the rest of your life.”
My hand clenched tight around my phone. “I take it that this call is not as someone who has been paid heavily for favors from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
She laughed. “You bet your ass it ain’t. What were youthinking? Your girlfriend left a trail a blind semi driver could find. She did not cover her tracks, and we are working our asses off and finding our own tails behind our rears, but the second you found Chrissy Hayes, you should’ve called us. Thesecond!”
I remained silent. There was no response that she’d want to hear.
She heard that silence and sighed. “Oh, dear God. What were you going to do?”
Again, silence from me.
“We picked up a transition call from someone at your location to a location in Greece. Tell me that wasn’t you, and tell me that wasn’t you either calling in a team or you making plans to go and get your grandfather. Tell me that wasn’t also Calhoun Bastian’s coordinates.”
I just let my chest rise, air went out, and it lowered.
“Fuck!” She swore into the phone, the vehemence almost rattling. “Shit, shit, shit. You are going to ruin my career. You are a right bastard, aren’t you? What were you going to do, Kashton? At least tell me that.”
Now she was coaxing?
My hand went into my pocket and I tipped my head up, thinking. “What are you doing, Agent Bright?”
She wanted me to say the words.
