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"Yes. He doesn't care. Senator King promised to stump for Jackson. He didn't. Jackson believes there was a conspiracy to make sure he didn't win his campaign, to push him aside. When he threatened to tell what he knew, he became a target. His primary goal here is to make sure the president-elect isn't sworn in."
"These documents are his only currency right now."
"Yes. We need to scan them and save them on computers in case they are found."
He watched her bright eyes process what he'd said. Myles was listening to them and turned in his chair to face them. Addy glanced at Myles. "We'd have to have these certified as real."
"The best thing we can do is record the senator certifying each document."
"We need to do it right away. If he's being tracked somehow, we don't have a lot of time."
"Do you have protected servers?" Rafe watched Addy turn toward him, her brows furrowed slightly then unfurrowed. "We do."
"How about double security?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Wade has a section of our DoD server masked and encrypted. Only he and I have access to it. It would be safe there as someone would not only have to get through the DoD firewalls, they'd then have to hack through the firewalls Wade put up around our secure server."
Carefully setting the documents on the table in front of her she turned her body toward him. Her hands folded in her lap as she stared into his eyes. "Why would you need a secure section of a server working with the DoD?"
He leaned back slightly and opened his body toward her. He'd felt disconnected from her a while ago, he wanted that connection back. "Not everyone who works at the DoD is trustworthy and Wade is fully aware of that."
She nodded then turned to Myles. "What are your thoughts on this?"
Myles stood and stretched his back. "I think it can't hurt. They'll move to destroy these documents the instant they get them."
"I'd like to speak with Casper about this. Can you have Tate ask him to call us?"
"Sure thing."
Rafe leaned forward. He put his hand on Addy's knee. He wanted the connection with her. "We don't have much time."
"I know."
She tried smiling, though it was forced. She stood and padded to the senator's room. Slowly opening the door she disappeared for a few moments and he was bothered by that. Jumping up from the sofa, he sauntered to the senator's room and opened the door. Addy stood next to the bed as he grumbled about being awakened.
"Get up, Senator." He barked. Four startled eyes turned back toward him. "We don't have time for you to lounge around."
Addy turned to the senator. "He's right. Somehow you're being tracked."
The senator blustered. "What. You're supposed to protect me. How can you let this happen?"
Rafe had enough of the senator's disrespect and lack of gratitude.
"Get up or I'll jerk you up. These people are protecting you. Now you need to ensure the documents we've found will do what you intend for them to do."
The senator struggled to a sitting position, then twisted to stand. Addy stepped closer to him and offered support. For some reason, this irritated Rafe more than anything else. But he also felt pride. She was a caretaker no matter the circumstances. He admired that.
Rafe turned and exited the bedroom when Myles’ phone rang. "Sager."
Myles' eyes flicked to his, then behind him to Addy.
"Okay."
Addy settled the senator in the armchair at a right angle to the sofa.
Her voice was even. "What is it?"
