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Riggs was just the same.
Everyone used me.
I was a tool.
Some days it was easier to embrace that than others.
Pursing my lips, I argued, “Da didn’t keep me here. My brothers are everything to me. You know that.”
She harrumphed.
Tired of this conversation, I changed the subject to what really mattered: “What does the government need from me this time?”
“The Secret Service had an internal breach a few months ago.”No shit. “Our engineers have created a communication platform that we’d like you to test.”
I arched a brow she couldn’t see and called her out on her BS. “Does this ‘breach’ have something to do with the First Lady’s death?”
“What do you know about that?” Riggs clipped.
“Just what the rest of the country does.”
“I’m sure,” she scoffed. “When I found out her killer was Irish American, I looked into his ties… His past was scraped clean.”
“You can’t prove that was me,” I taunted.
“No, otherwise I’d have hauled your ass into HQ sooner.” She sighed. “Why do you make shit so difficult for me, Conor?”
“I’m not like my baby bro, Riggs. I don’t live to serve at America’s pleasure. Anyway, I’ll gladly test your new communication platform.” I’d get my kicks then expose it to that beast of a worm Lodestar had gifted me, one that the Green Beret who’d punched me had crafted from scratch. That would fuck it up in no time. Malware and punches—Maverick’s skill set was far-reaching. “But after the testing, I want the okay to head to Russia.”
“How do we know you’ll return?”
I laughed. “I’m not as self-sacrificing as Snowden. The same rules apply as always, don’t they?”
“They do,” she confirmed bitterly. “You know, when I started in this game, I never thought I’d be doing deals with criminals to protect them and their families from the arm of the law.”
It was my turn to tut. “You said it yourself, Riggs. I’m not a criminal. I’m an asset. Pick me up when you have the okay.”
With that, I cut the call.
Though she’d pissed me off with that final rejoinder, I got to my feet and twisted around to stare at the city skyline in the distance.
This penthouse had been a gift from Da, but his gifts always came after I danced to his tune.
I figured with him gone, that wouldn’t be an issue anymore.
I’d practically been begging for karma to kick me in the nuts.
Moving over to the window, I watched the city that never slept, trying to find comfort in the hive of activity even at this time in the morning, but it wasn’t there.
Turning back to my desk, I stared at the files I’d been combing through for the past couple of weeks. Anything from the politicians the Five Points were setting up to die in ‘accidents’ to the folder I’d been building on Star—her profile.
Lips pursing when my cell buzzed, I reached for it again and stared at the screen as a message notification flashed up.
Riggs: A car will be there in five.
I smirked.
She hated how much her bosses needed me.
