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“Do you want me to contact the FBI?”
“And tell them what, Brian? That you saw me touch a guy’s hand? Or are you going to tell them we fucked? Seriously, what’s the story that you think is going to get them to land me in so much trouble that it’ll ruin my career?
“Will you keep your damn voice down!”
She threw her arms wide. “There’s no one here!” she boomed. “What the hell are you afraid of? What do you think is going to happen?”
To be completely honest, I wasn’t sure. I only knew that we were taking risks by doing what we had been doing and that if anyone found out, we would be in trouble. This shouldn’t have mattered to me, given that I was never going to touch her again.
“You’re not going to come to the office?” I asked her.
“No, I’m damn well not. You don’t tell me where to go.”
“Fine. Then you’d better get out of here. Icantell you to do that.”
“You can’t, though. I’m conducting an investigation, and I have every right—”
“You have to leave because I’m leaving,” I interrupted. “And I’m going to lock the building. You don’t have the right to be on military property unsupervised. Let’s go. You can come back on Monday.”
She knew I was right; I could see it on her face. She grabbed her purse. “Fine. But Iwillbe back.”
“I can hardly wait.”
She started toward the door. I was about to let her go, but then I realized I didn’t trust her to leave. Who was to say she wouldn’t turn around and come back into the building.
“Are you following me?” she asked, realizing what I was doing.
“Escorting you out.”
“You’re a real piece of work,” she snapped. “You never pissed me off like this when I was growing up.”
“We weren’t around each other as much then.”
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to return to that soon.”
We’d reached the door. She reached out and pulled on the handle.
The door jiggled in its frame slightly but didn’t budge.
We were locked in.
Chapter eight
BRIAN
“Move,”Isaid,shoulderingher out of the way so I could get to the door myself.
“Hey, watch it,” she snapped. “You don’t have to fucking shove me.”
“I didn’t shove you.” I hadn’t. I’d just edged her out of my way. I wouldn’t have shoved a woman.
I grabbed the door handle myself and tugged at it. I couldn’t get it open, either. “What the hell?”
“It’s locked,” Alison said maddeningly.
“Yeah, I can see that it’s locked.
Outside, I heard a clap of thunder. It seemed a storm was on the horizon.
