Page 45 of Filthy Truth


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Frowning, I turned to look at him. “I’m not a Brother."

"Neither am I. My wife was."

I blinked.

Was there anything that skeevy bitch didn't have her nose in?

"Kuznetsov is my grandfather,” I shared warily, one victim of a narcissist to another.

“You’re Galena’s daughter?” he rasped.

It was my turn to freeze. “Galena?”

My surprise appeared to ease his discomposure. “Your mother was a friend.”

“What’s that supposed to mean? Were you fucking her too?”

He scowled at me. “No. As I said, she was a friend. A good one. Her death was… It was a sad day when we lost her.”

“You say that as a...?”

“A friend,” he repeated.

My mouth tightened. “How close are you to Kuznetsov?”

“Why do you think I’m the president? I paid a lot of dues to reach this position. The Five Points weren’t the only ones who got their pound of flesh when I reached the Oval Office.” He hitched a shoulder. "Elizabeth slept with Anton whenever he was in town."

Well, that was more than I bargained for—talk about the whore who kept on whoring. And with Anton’s wrinkly raisins too.

Eww.

I studied him longer than I should have, until my words finally formed. “If I were you, sir, I would resign from reelection. You might win, but if the truth comes out about Aoife, then it isn’t only your life you’ll be ruining—it’s hers too. I don’t think she deserves that, do you?”

Not looking back, I headed out of the suite and moved toward the elevator. As the doors closed behind me, I delved into my pocket and retrieved another cell phone.

“Did you get all that?”

Conor huffed. “Of course I did.”

“How did the NSA get access to your laptop? Do you think they’ve discovered Maverick’s worm? You took that with you when you went into Langley, didn’t you?”

“I did, but there was no need to open it.” He grunted. “If my checking Eagle’s Claw was a front, then maybe the coders were working on remote access…” Silence, then: “No. I’d have known. It’s more likely that Riggs broke into my apartment when she knew I was in Langley. Temper collected me from my building. Ordinarily, Riggs would have been the one escorting me wherever I needed to go.”

“Your doorman must have let her in. That wouldn’t have triggered your alarms, would it?”

“They can enter in an emergency, but I should have seen it on the logs. After everything that happened, I was exhausted and I was starting to freak out about you because of Temper. Maybe I didn’t check, but I’m sure that I did.” He sighed. “I literally went home to pack my bags and headed to the airport. I didn’t give a fuck about anything other than getting to you.”

The heartburn was back.

Apparently, admitting that I loved him didn’t stop that affliction.

I cleared my throat. “You found me.”

“I did. I could ask Denny, but if I do…”

“You’ll have to kill him.”

He grunted. “Yeah. I’d prefer to get him fired. He just had a kid.”

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