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Zane raised one brow and slid his arame room "By all means, lead the way" Then he lowered his voice "And who are we looking for?"

"Arht noe"re both in deep shit"

"I"ve not seen hiht," Zane said as he dropped his ararih the casino faster, barely slohen soether hard as they wound their way out of the roorim if it didn"t have to do with a death threat Del sure was a target Zane quickly angled Ty off into the next hallhich was thankfully empty "We can cut around the back way to the library and avoid the public areas What"s going on?"

Ty stopped and put his back to the nearest wall, looking over Zane"s shoulder first and thenthe storm roll in," he started in a low voice

"Armen found et close to Corbin, to spy on him He came to me to make certain I was still up to the job Wanted to make sure I wasn"t too attached to my mark," he spat out

Zane sed on his surprise and cleared his throat "He hired Del to spy on Corbin--on his own husband? And Del agreed to it?

Jesus" He set his hands on his hips "Can this case get any more fucked up?"

Ty closed his eyes in frustration "Del is a ritted teeth "He"s not married to Corbin because he loves him He married him because he was hired to seduce hierous"

Zane went absolutely cold as fury threatened Yes, Corbin Porter was a thief, a thug, and an asshole But no one should be taken in and played like that Not with e Zane forced himself to take even breaths and look Ty over "You"re okay?" he checked, just in case For all they knew, Del turned tricks for Vartan Armen too

"I"ry for the sah "And I"m worried that if Del is able to contact Armen, our cover will be blown all to hell Which is e need to get to a coht have weaseled his way out of custody," Zane said as he turned to lead the way to the satellite Internet terht occurred and he stopped still "Is it possible Ar to "s possible at this point," Ty ht as I could"

"I know you did," Zane said, already trying to think of contingency plans "Come on"

They were in the library in under ten minutes, and Zane sat down at one of the tered in, paid for the account time, and launched an anonyotten through the uateways to launch a secure e-mail on the Bureau"s extended system

As soon as the e-ed his head on the table The little white ball on the tip of his Santa hat flopped over disconsolately "That"s the ainst the table

Zane chuckled wryly and leaned back in the chair All they could do ait here for an answer "You should have brought your crossword puzzle book"

Ty sighed heavily and sank to his knees, then turned and flopped onto the ground, effectively hiding under the desk so no one could see him there with Zane He propped his elbows on his knees and looked up at Zane, ready to wait, and Zane reached over and pushed the tip of the hat off the desk

It didn"tsituation Zane"s thoughts focused sharply on just exactly what Ty could be doing while on his knees under that desk, if he"d just scoot over between Zane"s legs It took a hell of a lot of willpower to try to banish that thought

They watched each other silently for a couple of minutes before Zane spoke up, et on his knees too "Want to watch a football gaot Ty"s attention He perked up and leaned forward

"How?" he asked eagerly

Zane shrugged and turned back to the ter sure it would alert thee and launched a ne After several clicks, he was scanning through available streaot Jacksonville versus Buffalo, Atlanta and Cleveland, Broncos at the Ravens, and… Arizona at New Orleans Take your pick"

"Give ain and turned to look up at the coe of the table, and he stayed on the ground, content to kneel there at Zane"s knee

"Not Baltimore?"

"Ravens are like step-children," Ty answered as he squinted up at the screen "I love the on the couch when the house is full"

"So what teainia…

the Steelers?" It only took a few keystrokes to pay for the satellite access, and the game from the past Sunday popped up on the screen, just before kickoff

"We were sort of a perfect storm," Ty answered as he rested his chin on his hands "With baseball it was all Braves all the way on TBS

But football, we caught Cincinnati, Washington, Pittsburgh, Philly, Cleveland Whoever was on network that week I was partial to the Redskins But I got attached to the Saints when I was in Louisiana"

Another piece of Ty"s life casually revealed "I never watched any team but the Cowboys before I lived in Mia away the new little bits of information about his partner

"Well, I"ve always been a whore," Ty said wryly

Zane looked down at Ty in surprise, and his coht about it "Wow I a around with prostitutes-turned-inforh it had happened way before they ever met Zane had been a serious lared up at him briefly, but he didn"t take exception to the comment Not vocally, anyway He just pointed at the screen and wagged his fingers urgently

Zane turned up the voluo," he said, happy with hi just as pleased, and he left his hand resting there as he watched the screen devotedly Zane sah the second quarter before the little tab started flashing

"About da icon

"Click it, click it!"