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“Plenty.”
“Who is it?”
She goes silent. Then she smirks. “You don’t know, do you?”
Paulson cuts me a look. I’m pretty damn sure Lindsay doesn’t know who her informant was, either. This whole situation stinks to high heaven. When you don’t know who to trust, trust no one.
Fox Mulder had it right.
“No, I don’t.” Why not be honest? One of us has to be.
“Don’t expect me to tell you,” she says with a huff.
“I don’t. Because you don’t know, either.”
She recoils slightly.
“We’ll figure it out. Everyone leaves breadcrumbs.”
“This isn’t exactly Hansel and Gretel.”
“It’s pretty damn close, Lindsay.”
Paulson looks at us both. “You need me, still?” The first rays of morning light peek through the window. I yawn. Jesus – it’s got to be morning soon. A seven a.m. meeting for the day shift is coming on us fast.
“You want to come to the seven a.m. briefing?”
He glances at his phone. “Might as well. It’s in forty minutes.” He looks at Lindsay, then me, eyebrows up. “How about I go talk to the other guys and meet you in the conference room. Same place as before?”
I nod. He leaves.
“Aren’t you leaving, too?” Lindsay’s voice is hostile as hell, but two can play that game.
“Not yet.”
Her long, heavy sigh should enrage me.
I laugh instead.
“You just put your life in danger. You put your father in danger by extension. And you’re sitting here rolling your eyes and sighing like a tween with an attitude.”
“You mean I put Daddy’s presidential campaign in jeopardy.”
“No. I said what I meant, Lindsay.” I get right in her face. “You put his life in jeopardy. Because if you’re kidnapped, do you have any idea what kind of bounty your kidnappers could demand? A presidential candidate’s daughter?”
“He hasn’t declared yet.”
“You think that protects you? He’s declaring tomorrow! You’re on a plane tonight for Sacramento!”
“WHAT?”
Oh, shit. No one told her.
“Anya was supposed to brief you.”
“Been a little busy, if you hadn’t noticed.”
Busy stealing my weapon.
