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Cody and Trace looked at each other Glancing from one man to the other, Keira saw the sudden suspicion in both sets of eyes “Stop it,” she said, “both of you I know Trace,” she told Cody “He’s been ency I know him like I know myself” She looked at Trace “I don’t know Cody the way I know you, but I trust him with my life, the same way I trust you”

Trace’s eyes narrowed again, and he looked as if he were going to demand further elucidation of her stateh,” he said “I just wanted to ent Jones as well as the two of you Even though Callahan ht not trust her, I do End of discussion”

It was a disents rose and filed out Cody walked toward the elevator and punched the button, Keira and Trace right behind him

“Wait up,” Keira said “We need to talk about next steps”

Cody glanced down at her and gave her an assessing look “I’ve got to talk to Callahan, see what he says”

“Shouldn’t we talk about it first, the three of us?”

“Look,” he said, “don’t take this the wrong way But O’Neill is a tad, shall we say, old-school?”

“O’Neill?” She knew her face reflected her puzzleht his name was Callahan”

Cody rubbed the bridge of his nose, his lips pursing at hisby the name of Reilly O’Neill Sometimes I still call him that out of habit”

“Oh, I see” She thought a moment “What do you mean he’s a tad old-school?”

The elevator arrived, and they all crowded in “What floor?” Cody asked

“Twelve,” Trace volunteered

Cody pushed the button for the twelfth floor as well as the fifth-floor button for his own office

Keira reiterated her question “What do you mean he’s a tad old-school?”