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“Until we know exactly what’s going on,” Michael said, “we have to assume the threat is still real.”
“I do, but—” Kara began.
“You think that these two murders, less than an hour apart, are coincidences?”
“No, but—”
“I’m asking you to follow protocols. Michael is the tactical leader of this team and until he says there is no threat, we act like there is a threat. Don’t go anywhere alone. Please.”
He looked worried, so she agreed. “I have to find Will and figure out what he and Craig were working on. You or Michael can come with me, but I need to do this. It’s the last thing Craig asked of me before he died, and I’m not going to let him down.”
“I would do the same thing.”
“We’re on the same page,” she said. “Agreed?” She looked at Michael.
“You haven’t been a complete pain in my ass about the rules.” Michael grinned. “I’m good with tracking down Lattimer tomorrow.”
Kara thought the situation was resolved, but Matt looked tense and stared over her shoulder at the wall behind her.
“You have a look on your face. It’s your I don’t want to tell you this but I have to expression.”
At that moment, room service arrived. Michael answered the door, signed the check and brought in the cart himself.
“I’m famished,” he said.
Kara was, too, but she wanted Matt to talk. She stared at him. “What?”
“Let’s eat.”
She glared at him. “Fine.”
She found her cheeseburger and fries, sat at the table and took a big bite. God, that was good. She chewed, swallowed, took another bite while Michael and Matt got out their food—Michael a burger, Matt a chicken sandwich.
“Okay, I ate,” she said with her mouth full. “Spill.”
Matt put a beer in front of her. He and Michael were drinking water.
“It’s worse than I thought,” she mumbled and opened the beer. She drained half of it in a gulp.
“It’s not bad, just something I didn’t tell you,” Matt said.
“Just rip off the Band-Aid, Matt.” Better than expecting the worst.
“With the cooperation of LA FBI, I have an investigator working undercover at their headquarters with the goal of finding out who was responsible for the media leak about you and Detective Fox.”
She didn’t know what she expected Matt to say, but that was not even close.
“Oh.”
“Tony and I came up with the idea after Thornton’s OPR hearing. We felt, along with one of the panel members, that he had been less than truthful.”
“Meaning, he lied.”
“Lied, or didn’t offer information he knew would be relevant.”
“Still a lie,” she said.
“And so,” Matt continued, “we recruited a rookie agent and had her assigned to Thornton in LA. There were some internal concerns—not necessarily criminal—about the overall unit that the director there wanted investigated, so we worked closely with LA to put together this operation. She’s been there just over four months.”
