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Which I suppose explains why the blackmailer said they wanted the senator to step down by Monday Obviously, his vote ainst this vote And we’ll start there”

“Now that is soet” He spins back to his computer monitor

Before his fingers even hit a single button on his keyboard, Alex says, “I’ve got the list here”

A docu the list of names pops up on the screen closest to Alex

“Seriously?” Jeff quickly spins in his chair to face Alex, glaring “How in the hell can you even do that so fast?” When she prepares to answer him, he waves her off “Yeah, yeah, it’s just what you do”

She smiles “You can’t replicate the awesomeness that is contained in this body”

“Please,” Jeff scoffs

I shakeus focused “We’ll need to start narrowing down this list I suspect whoever is behind this has some history of violence at so”

Alex nods, leaning back in her chair and crossing her arh, that anyone would go to these extreood ”

I bob reeoing on here than a tax policy, even if that’s a good place for us to start” I need to find out what it is, because to keep Hadley and the senator safe, we need to discover what isthe blackmailer “Truthfully, I don’t want to follow the path that makes sense These people see these false leads for us to follow” It’s a ain

Alex nods “Sure seems that way”

I rub a hand across et this solved, or the police beat us to it, we need to keep a close eye on Hadley”

Alex’s brows slowly draw together, a puzzled look on her face “Speaking of Hadley, where’d your sidekick go?”

“Isn’t that a given?” I ask, now confused myself “She’s at the hospital with her father”

“Um, no, she isn’t” Alex turns back to her co across the keyboard