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I hum in agreement, but my mind is still going a mile a minute.
Jynx looks over to Atlas, “I was the one who told Mona that you and Alaric were moving to the town and that if anything happened, they could contact Alaric. Mona decided that the fewer people who knew about her connection to Rylie, the better and decided only to talk to D and then have Rylie keep up to date with D’s changing code words so that she could use them while talking to Alaric if a problem arose.”
Atlas’s eyes widen slightly, “So that’s why we suddenly moved to the guy's town? It had nothing to do with my father getting a bit too close to finding where we were?”
Jynx shrugs, “No, you guys were going there anyway. That’s why I thought of the place, and as I said, Alaric didn’t know anything about Rylie and her father being there.”
“Alaric can’t have had any contact with Rylie and known of her origins because I’m sure he would have said something, especially when we rescued her. He wouldn’t have been able to hide that he knew her then.”
I smile at his worried expression, “No, you’re right. It would’ve been obvious.”
“This is a whole heap of crazy,” Jensen points out helpfully.
“I tell you, that woman sure as shit has the propensity to get herself kidnapped; this would make it what? The third time she’s been kidnapped in around six years?” Rome asks.
“Four, she’s been kidnapped four times. Or at least that’s the only other time that I know of, that whole thing I mentioned about Blake a second ago, that was a kidnapping; he took her, but he clearly didn’t know who her mother was, or he would’ve thought better of it.” I mutter, my mind going a mile a fucking minute as I try to make sense of this all.
“That’s almost once a year, like a fucking tradition.” Lyric comments, her eyes wide.
“She definitely doesn’t have luck when it comes to this sort of thing, that’s for sure,” Atlas mutters.
“You know we could always ask Alaric if he had any idea that Rylie in the organisation is Ever’s Rylie?” Jensen suggests.
I start to say that it really isn’t necessary to know, but actually, I think it might be, “You know what, yeah, I need to know because if he did know, I want to know why he didn’t tell me.”
“Well, it could be a couple of reasons, one apart from when you made sure that she was under his protection when we went to the academy a few years ago and when we rescued her. Two, when have you mentioned her to him since then?” Trick points out.
“Okay, that’s a fair point, but he still knew I cared about her, so why wouldn’t he tell me if he did know who she was and where she’s been these last few years?”
“That’s why I think it's likely to be the other reason. I mean, think about it: Rylie is working for Mr R, Alaric will know that; he most likely wasn’t able to tell you for your safety and hers,” Trick adds. “She’s a ghost agent remember, as few people as possible are supposed to know about her existence.”
I’m not too fond of his explanation. I still would’ve rather have known, but I do know how Mr R works, and he did say on the phone that she was a Ghost agent, like Trick just reminded me, and that means only he and maybe one or two others know of her existence in the agency and I wouldn’t have wanted her to be put in any danger just by speaking to me.
“That, and you didn’t really mention her again to him after that; he probably thought you’d either forgotten about her or weren’t that bothered. After all, in his eyes, you’d only known her for a couple of months before we had to leave,” Rafe points out.
“I hear you, and that all makes sense. It’s just frustrating as hell that he had the answers, and I didn’t know,” I reply.
“It’s not like he could’ve told you anyway,” Rip points out this time. “And he might not have had the answers, and you’re just assuming that he knew, he may not have because of Rylie's ghost status.”
As always, he has a point.
“And before you accuse me,” Jynx grins at me, knowing that my mind is already spinning in the direction that she’s thinking, “I had no idea that the Rylie I knew was the Rylie you knew, I mean one, she could have gone to any of the high schools in the area, and two I had no idea whether she was even still in the town. D does these relocations regularly and always tells people that they need to move on within six months or so. They shouldn’t still have been there when you arrived. They definitely should have gone when Alaric left; he was their safety net, even if he didn’t know it. Plus, it’s been years since I talked to her, not since she was sent away.”
I grin, “I figured it would be something like that. I mean, what are the fucking chances that we’re all connected in some way.”
“Like I said, this is fucking crazy,” Jensen chimes in helpfully once again.
“I agree with Jensen. It’s wild how fucking connected you all seem to be,” Jonah says, and I feel really bad because I had kind of forgotten that they were all here listening to this whole thing unfold.
It does make an idea occur to me though, and I ask, “As outsiders to this whole situation, what would you do next?”
“Well, you aren’t going to be able to properly focus on the job until you speak to Alaric and find out what he knows,” Ezra points out.
“That’s where I’d start as well,” Lyric agrees with a frown and then adds, “She’s lived one hell of a life considering she’s only twenty-one.”
“Enough for several lifetimes,” Luc agrees.
“What’s the time?” Cash asks, “Is it too late to ring him now?”
