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I nodded, but I was numb I looked down My suitcase was still in the middle of the floor I didn’t knohere to move Sit down? Hide in my room? I was frozen

“How did this happen, Emily?” she snarled

My head snapped when I heard the accusation in her voice Our eyes locked I did have an eer

“You think I knew? That I had so to do with this?”

She rose to meet me “You had no idea your boyfriend was a hired criminal? None whatsoever?”

My eyes pierced together in defiance “You actually believe I knew about Vaughn?”

“I don’t know” She groaned, spinning toward the glass doors to the balcony “That’s not even his na West”

“You’rehi classified documents home in a cardboard box?” I fired back

“That’s the protocol I followed the protocol”

“And I didn’t? That’s what you’re iuy asn’t properly vetted Is that what I was supposed to do? Get you to run a background check on him before our first kiss? Would that have made you happy?” I wasn’t finished “You should have protected those documents, Greer Not me That wasn’t my job It was yours”

“You let him in,” she whispered

I pulled the suitcase handle into an to wheel it toward my room

“You’re not going to stay and talk about it?” she called “That’s it?”

I yanked an open bottle of wine off the counter on my way

“No It’s not it But I’ve been stripped down to nothing by the bureau and I’” I slammed the door and locked it secure