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Once a Marine, always a Marine, she’d said to hiht, and it was another bond between theed to hied to her Semper Fidelis—Always Faithful It was more than just the Marine Corps e between them
He smiled back at her in the darkness
Callahan pulled up in front of his house and parked, but before anyone got out, he turned around and said, “Hang on a sec Let me check first You never know, and I don’t want to take any chances”
“I’ his door before Callahan could protest They hadn’t taken hts hit them from all directions “Freeze!” barked a voice from the darkness “FBI”
“Da they’d both said the same word at the same ti to give any trigger-happy FBI agent an excuse to open fire But Cody called out, “Hold your fire! I’ent Cody Walker, and this is Sheriff Ryan Callahan Special Agents Keira Jones and Trace McKinnon are with us”
FBI agents swarmed around them, and at first it seemed as if the Fibbies didn’t care who they were But then the e let Cody—very slowly and carefully—show his identification and his badge When Callahan was allowed to do the saents to lower their weapons
“Sorry,” the ency, huh?” And Cody could tell by his tone that the FBI’s agent in charge wasn’t iht They don’t like us any more than we like them
Out of the corner of his eye he saw FBI agents opening the doors of Callahan’s four-by-four, and ordering Keira and McKinnon out He suppressed the instinct to go to Keira’s side, knowing she could take care of herself in this situation, and instead pocketed his credentials
“What are you doing here?” Callahan asked as he put his wallet away He didn’t add, “on ht as well have since his tone indicated that’s as in his mind
“Sorry,” the FBI agent said, but this tiy was sincere, and Cody sht, The FBI doesn’t want to tick off the local sheriff “I’ency in Casper We were notified by his agency,” he said, jerking a thumb in Cody’s direction, “that there could be a link between an attempt on your life and the ht”
“Yeah” Callahan glanced over at Cody “I take it you found one?”
Agent Holmes nodded “The SUV that was in your drivee took it apart and found e think are the sa device The lab has the analyzed to see if we can tie the assumption is that there is a connection So, what can you tell me?”
Cody shot Callahan a sharp look and got a confir more than he had to Not to the FBI
“Not much, other than the fact I knew both men,” Callahan said laconically “I was a witness in a trial they prosecuted eight years ago, but I haven’t seen or talked to theency—” Callahan hooked a thuent Holmes had done “—seems to think there’s a connection, but that’s about all they told ed me all the way to Denver to tell me that much”
Cody had to admire the way Callahan told the truthbut concealed al of importance He’d revealed only what he wanted to reveal, andthe Fibbies off the scent, he acknowledged Nice job, Callahan
“So, did you search my house?” Callahan asked
“Uh, we got a search warrant for the car, but we couldn’t get one for the house,” Agent Holmes said
Doesn’tCallahan was thinking the sa