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Except this was a real-life person ere talking about, and I wasn’t sure I could flip the switch that easily
"Well," Griffin announced, "good news is Jett ers Now that you’re back, he wants us to join him in the computer labso he can shohat he’s found so far We can have hihter communications too We wanna make sure they have no idea where we are, or that we ever even knew about the kid in Delta"
My chest tightened at the ents I choked back a healthy dose of guilt, trying not to iurney, the same way Willow had been back in their central lab I couldn’t help wishing we’d done h, as I reached nervously for Simon "My eyeshow are they?"
Hisht" He nodded toward Griffin "She didn’t notice"
True There was no way she’d have let sonificant slide
By the time we’d reached the computer lab, I was disappointed Tyler hadn’t come out to meet me That would have been the one consolation to this whole mess, to find him therepreferably all alone
And, in a perfect world, without his shirt
The alone part wasn’t so far off, however In fact, e got to the lab it was practically deserted Last ti, with about a half dozen or so of Griffin’s soldiers assigned to monitor radio frequencies, internet traffic, and online activity
Noas just Jett and Tho for the four of us
Apparently Griffin was just as baffled as I was by the absence of activity "Where is everyone?"
"I cleared the place What I’m about to show you needs to stay between us" Jett turned to Nyla "I think she should go too We can’t risk it"
Nyla looked like she ue, but Griffin nodded toward the door--an unspoken order Nyla stalled, her shoulders, face, and arether in an uncertain line, like she was pained by the decision Ultih, her need to obey Griffin won out
When the door closed behind her, Jett took a seat, this time not at his laptop but at one of Griffin’s computers, and went to work "Here," he said
I watched as the large monitor in front of hio I’d seen that first day when Agent Truolden firefly on it that signified his super secret-y Daylight Division Jett entered a series of commands, line after line of code, as fluently as if he had full NSA security clearance