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She didn’t sleep at all that night, and in the morning, she told Daria she was taking the day off. She waited until Grady got home from his afternoon flight. He came over the second he got home and gave her a hug.
“This is terrible,” she said. “Now what? I talked to John, and he’s already released a denial. This has to stop.”
“I know. I’ve been thinking a lot about this. I know who the mole is.”
“I know too.”
“It’s Cam,” she said at the same moment he declared, “It’s Daria.”
ChapterThirty-Nine
“Daria?”
“Cam?”
They stared at each other, perplexed.
“I thought you were going to say Daria,” Grady said.
“I thought you were going to say Cam,” Reese returned.
“We have some talking to do.”
Reese ran down the reasons why she thought Cam was behind it, right up to the fight and how he’d walked out of her apartment. Grady listened, but when she was done, he gave a slight shake of his head.
“I don’t think it’s Cam. While your evidence is compelling, I can’t stop thinking about my conversation with Daria. When you were called away at lunch the other day, I talked to her, and it got a little weird. And when I look back on everything you’ve told me about her, I can’t help but think it all adds up.”
“You’re going to need to explain it better than that.”
Grady led her to the sofa and they sat.
“Maybe you don’t see it because you’re so directly associated with her, but she comes off a bit strange. She’s too happy to please you, to do whatever she can for you. She’s problem-solving for you before you even have a problem.”
“No, no, no. She’s just doing her job. She’s been an amazing assistant.”
“An amazing assistant who’s invested in you. I also think she’s jealous of your success. When did this gossip withLowdownstart?”
“I don’t know. A month or two ago.”
“And what event happened in your life?”
“Jen and her emails?”
“After that?”
Reese racked her brain. The whole period had been a disaster, so parsing events and moments wasn’t so easy. Then it hit her.
“You and me?”
“Bingo.”
“But she knows this is all platonic. Why would she be jealous?”
He bristled at that statement, but the moment seemed to pass. “Your ex was a jerk. She likely didn’t feel threatened by him. But she kept asking a lot of questions about us. If we were going to get serious, how I felt about you. She even came straight out and told me I shouldn’t waste my affections on you. She was very specific.”
Reese blinked a few times. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. “I wasn’t gone that long. When did you have time?”
“I work fast.”
