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At Wild Riders, the guys were all waiting for them, and when she produced the jureeted hoops and hollers and clapped on the back, as if she was one of thee smiled as she handed over the jump drive

"Well done, Lily," he said "Now let’s see e’ve got here"

Mac took her hand and pulled her aside as the rest of thee’s office

"I know you’re upset about your dad, even though you like to act as if you don’t care"

She shrugged "I’m fine with it Used to it"

He s "I kno that feels But you have no family other than your father And I knohat it’s like to feel alone Even when I had family, I was alone My parents were drunks, they didn’t want the responsibility of having a kid around and wished I’d just as soon disappear off the face of the earth They didn’t want me, so I made sure to stay as far away from therew up She cupped his cheek and pressed a soft kiss to his lips "I’rasped her wrist and pressed a kiss to the palhened me up for as to come

But what I need you to know is that you’re not alone anymore

You have me I can be your family I’ll be here to share the burden with you"

She couldn’t believe what he was saying, the things he’d told her today He loved her, he was offering to--what?

To take care of her? Not exactly a e step For athat hethat caused hi

Her knees were shaking "I love you, Mac"

"I love you, too"

The words spilled easily from him She knew in her heart he meant the words, and that made all the difference in the world to her She wrapped her ar to break the spell of his moment

"Christ, Lily, do you kno scary this is?"

She pulled back and frowned "What?"

"These feelings"

She nodded "Yes"

"I don’t want to let you go Ever But what kind of life is this for a worew up in luxury and wealth?"

She inhaled, let it out slow and easy She knew it cost hi her scared the hell out of hihtly, nor did she think he wanted to rush head first into any kind of lifelong coo, not in any kind of luxury You should see my apartment It’s a mess Not a servant around for rinned "Thank God"

"You two aren’t going to be having sex or anything out here, are you? Because Grange is waiting"

Lily so outside and have sex later"

"Great," AJ said "I’ll be sure to get the video caet in here"

By the tie’s office, he had the database up on the big screen and was scrolling down the list of names and corporations

"Tell e said

"My father keeps a contact database of everyone he’s affiliated with in some way or another Company names, and orks for who to the front of the rooe stood and let Lily take a seat at the computer, so she could manipulate the data "I didn’t have a chance to look at anything while I was at my father’s house, because I only had a few minutes to make a copy"

She studied the information now "Each person is linked with a corporation or with individuals within corporations" She searched until she found the naht "Okay, here’s Belanfield It’s kind of like a flowchart, each person’s name linked to everyone he’s connected to" She de on Belanfield’s name The screen expanded to showcase every person, every company, that Belanfield had contact with

The list was extensive

"Daets around"

She nodded "I’ll say The list of corporations and bigwigs connected to Belanfield is impressive"

"Major corporations, froe said "If Belanfield was in the car and shooting at Tom, that means he’s dirty And if he’s dirty for any of these companies, we need to look closely at all of them to see which could be involved with the virus"

Lily scanned the list, zeroing in right away on one that caught her attention "What about Delor Pharmaceuticals?"

"What about the an article last year about Delor having financial difficulties due to a recall of one of their proe said "I wonder what a pharet hold of a potentially har the market on the cure for a virus no one has ever seen could make billions," Mac added

"Oh, ht"

"Good plan from a business standpoint," Mac said

"They want the virus, they want to develop the drug for it, then they want to let loose the virus on the population and be the first to co to cure it"

"Damn," Spence said "That’s vicious"

"Sadly, it’s often how big business works They don’t care about hurting the little guy," Lily said, shaking her head

Now she really wanted to nail them

"Which means, if we can tie Delor into the attee said

Excited, Lily clicked on Delor Pharmaceuticals "Let’s see e can find out about them"