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“No, she knows me. Trusts me. And I’ll make sure she tells me everything.” He took his cell phone from his pocket and left the room to make the call.
“This is going to be hard on him,” I said. “He’s felt responsible for her all these years because he was the one who pulled the trigger onher husband. If she’s involved in this I’m going to be really pissed.”
Wolfe tried stretching and started to lift his arm and then winced.
“Don’t do that,” I scolded. “You’ll tear your stitches. How are you feeling?”
“Like I got shot in the shoulder. It’s more irritating than anything. It’s my shooting arm, so that’s going to slow me down a little, but I’m proficient enough with my left hand.”
I rolled my eyes. “Well then, we should put you out on the front lines so you can prove your manhood.”
“Sweetheart, I can prove my manhood right here and now if you’re that curious.”
“Keep it in your pants, Wolfe,” Jack said, coming back in theroom. “Once she starts laughing, it’s hard for her to stop.”
“I’m probably going to have to punch you for that. Once I’m back to full strength of course.”
“You can certainly try. Being a P.I. has probably turned you soft. I promise to put you down quickly and then we can go grab a beer.”
“Helloo,” I said. “Can we get back on track here? Were you able to get hold of Jane?”
“We’re supposed to meet her at 11:00 at Coastal Flats up in Fairfax. We need to get moving if we’re going to make it in time.”
“Wait a second,” Carver said. “There aren’t any agents available to tail you at the moment. Let me make a call.”
“We’ve got this. I know how to spot a tail and I’m armed.”
“That’s not going to do any good against a sniper rifle.Especially if Jane Elliott is involved in this. She could have eyes on her already.”
“If she’s got people watching her then that means she’s the one in danger. You know this has to be done and I’m the only one to do it.”
Jack looked at me and started to say something, but I cut him off. “Don’t even think about it. I’m going with you. I happen to agree with Carver that you should wait for backup, but I know you and figure you’ll ignore me just as well as you ignore him.”
“We’re going to be in a public place in the middle of the city.We’ll be fine and back in a few hours.”
“Do me a favor and keep your line open when you meet,” Carver said. “If there’s trouble I can have agents from the nearby office there in minutes.”
“Will do. Let’s go, Doc. You can watch my back.”
“I’d rather watch your front, but I guess I’ll take what I can get.” Jack grinned and slung his arm around me while Wolfe and Carver laughed. I had a random thought as we headed toward the door.
“Hey, Wolfe. Do you have the tattoo?”
“I have many, but I’m assuming you mean the SWAT tattoo. The answer is yes. Each of us had it done as part of our initiation. You want to know where mine is?”
“I’m sure it’s the same place as your manhood, but I don’t have time to look for that either.”
Carver and Jack hooted out a laugh and Wolfe scowled. “Damn, woman. That’s just cruel. Why’d you want to know if you don’t want to see it?”
“Because I just remembered that I didn’t see a tattoo on Caine. I looked overever inch of those autopsy photos. Are you sure everyone got the tattoo?”
“I know for a fact Caine got his. We came in at the same time. Did all of our testing together and were initiated at the same time. Remember, Jack?”
“I remember,” Jack nodded. “Are you sure you didn’t see it anywhere? If I remember right Caine’s tattoo was just above his left shoulder blade.”
I thought back to the autopsy photos, but I knew I wasn’t mistaken. “No, I’m sure. He didn’t have a tattoo anywhere. I’ll look closer when we get back and see if I see any scarring from a removal.”
“What if he doesn’t have it?” Wolfe asked.
