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"All I want is to get out of this country You can listen to what I have to say or not Your choice, Mr Keagan"
"What about the hostages in the coers stilled on the silk "Which ones? Aaining influence You see you because you can offer me military protection But you do not seem to realize how far his reach extends I risksilent"
Finally, Drew let hiaze directly for the first time since she’d sprawled naed on top of his chest "Because I want people to look in ht dirty All the uard up around her now more than ever She knew him, had used her time wisely to find the chinks in his armor
A knock sounded Snipped the tension between the tall and pissed, Jack Korba scowling just behind her Both wore ruht suits and barely combed hair
Apparently, Yasan closed the door behind them "Seems we have a situation here"
Hyatt’s eyes stayed locked on her sister "So Rodeo inforht vouch for her character so we can all breathe easier today?"
That sure snapped Hyatt’s attention off her sister "You’re joking, right?"
The OSI officer nodded to Jack and stepped toward a far corner of the roo a look at the compound map"
The question of the hour Was Yasenuine? Or a trap Baker, Keagan and Korba huddled in a corner while Drew did his damnedest to stare at the file in front of hi at Yasmine and her rose scarf Because then he wouldn’t have to see that slight quiver on a mouth that used to smile at him
She damned well had reason to be scared
Hyatt walked with cal "You little bitch," she said low
Drew kept his head down He had to give Yasal calm and took what her sister doled out
"How dare you use me, use all of us like that? But then I shouldn’t be so surprised You’re no ave birth to us"
"Please do not hold back your feelings, sister"
Hyatt all but snorted "I’ure we’re pretty much evenly e vibrating through her body and even her voice "But if you’ve done anything, anything at all to put Sydney in er than she’s already in, I swear to God I’ll make it my personal mission to ensure you rot in jail for the rest of your life"
"Sydney?" Yasmine’s poise slipped
"Cut the innocent crap, little sister" Hyatt’s words tre volume until heads started to turn toward her "Your lies this week pretty ether, her attention skipping from person to person in the roo apart again "She’s one of the hostages?" Her voice grew louder, higher with each word "Is she?’’ She directed the question at Drew, at the trio of Air Force officers in the corner "Did Ammar take my sister Sydney?"
Silence echoed a loud affirmation
"No" The lone word held ainst her mouth just before she doubled over
If this was still an act, it was a daood one He stomped the spark of sympathy even as he wanted to believe her horror was real Damn, but did he ever need it to be true, for her, for himself so he wasn’t the sao with Glenna And for some reason he refused to let himself analyze, the betrayal cut deeper this tiher now,on hio soft
Once Yasain, Hyatt cocked her head to the side and continued "It sure would be all nice and pretty if you’re telling the truth But you knohat? Even if you’re not lying this time, you understand what Ammar al-Khayr is capable of You put everyone in here as helping you at greater risk by keeping silent"
Hyatt’s coed, dark circles under her eyesrese Sydney out of here is personal for me But what about the hundreds of other people here who’ve never laid eyes on her and are selflessly willing to die for her? For you, too" Her voice cracked "What about the young ether on a hiss and she spun away
Keagan shoved up frorab soain"
The Air Force officers all banded together around their own, leading Hyatt out into the hall The doorway stood open, an Are that Yasmine wasn’t free to leave
Drew hooked his thumb in his M-16 strap, but didn’t move Why the hell hadn’t he made tracks out for Java, as well? God knows he could use soed another file off the desk from beside his Land Mobile Radio and buried his face in weather report data
"I ah for hiuard happened to overhear
"I’ up "But it’s too little, too late"
"You don’t believe I want to leave here?"
"Oh, I absolutely believe you want to leave" He clapped the file closed "But you should have listened to what your sister had to say about e do e do"
Drew leaned closer, to keep their conversation private as well as toto himself he could be near her Smell her And not take her "You didn’t have to waste the energy playing ht to the death to help you escape here even if you’d been a ninety-year-old woman with only three days left to live"
The fire in her eyes died Tears pooled The first all-out ones he’d ever seen from her
Fool me once
He pivoted away fro the folder to skid across the desk to rest beside his LMR