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I’ll prove her wrong, he vowed to himself She doesn’t know it yet, but she can trust me to keep her safe Always
Chapter 6
D’Arcy broke the silence when he said abruptly, “Callahan lives in Black Rock, Wyo you about—with his wife and three children He’s the sheriff there But he’s also done so you need to know about, but I’ll tell you this—I’d trust hih I can’t force you to go there I can only offer you some options, and Callahan is one of them”
Cate’s gaze shifted away froain “What are the other options?”
D’Arcy’s expression betrayed he didn’t much care for the other options, but he said, “The US Marshals Service is one option, but it’s not a choice I’dThoseyou—”
“How are they doing?” she asked quickly
“They’re going to make it”
“Thank God,” Liauard himself in the DSS, he knew the often thankless job thewitnesses alive
“Yes,” D’Arcy agreed “Thank God But just because thoseyou did their jobs doesn’t mean the Russian Mafia hasn’t infiltrated the US Marshals Service Or the FBI Or the US Attorney’s Office We don’t knoho, and we don’t kno But soet to the other witness and kill her They made it look like an auto accident, but we knoas uarded by rimly “And so—not hard to figure out where you were going to be,” he said “But it had to be an inside job because souns into the courthouse”
“Uzis,” Liam clarified “I could tell by the sound, and Alec confirmed it yesterday The serial numbers were filed off, but he said the FBI is hopeful they can raise thenorance of the importance of this, he explained, “Serial nuation can so an acid solution to the uns with serial numbers leave a paper trail And no one is better than the FBI at following a paper trail” He glanced at D’Arcy “Sorry, I know your agency’s pretty daood at that, too”
“True” One corner of D’Arcy’s host of a sht” He turned back to Cate “As I started to say, you could return to the US Marshals Service They’d do their best to keep you alive until the trial, but”
“What are my other options?”
“The agency could keep you My agency It’s not our federalwitnesses safe Temporarily, yes Yesterday Today Not a problem But at some point I’d have to justify the expense” He sovernment bureaucracy, ht, and the GAO—the Governht nasty about the da to interject a little humor into the situation “Those are just about your only options,” he concluded
“What about Lianorance about this, too
“I work for the Diplomatic Security Service,” Liauards, but as I told you before, we guard diploht D’Arcy’s eye “I’aze returned to Cate’s face, willing her to trust him “Which means I’m on my own time Which means I can choose to stay with you until my vacation runs out—and I do I will Even if I have to extendyou, Cate,” he said softly “Not until I know you’re safe”
She sat there for aa muscle So still So quiet, Liam realized Just as she’d been yesterday “I need to think about this,” she said finally
“Don’t think too long,” D’Arcy told her “If you want ot to let the FBI knohere you are Arrange to have the ot to arrange to get you there safely”