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“Not for you For ing for the plane to be readied She asked me to come”

“Why?”

“She wouldn’t say She didn’t have to—she only had to ask”

Loyalty was a trait Eve had a difficult ti, but I’ you, this is department business”

“And the depart,” he said evenly, “because of certain information leaked to the media—by an unnamed source”

She hissed out a breath Nothing like backing yourself into a corner “I’rateful for your help”

“Enough to tell me the outcome?”

“I iine the cap will be off by the end of the day” Sheout the illing theto try to ditch the whole business on his accounting firet hiation will uncover where he got the ination, I’d bet on the standard kickbacks, bribes, and graft”

“And the blackmail?”

“Oh, he was paying her He admitted as much before his lawyer shut hi blackmail’s a lot less dicey than accessory to murder”

She took out her communicator, requested Feeney’s access

“Yo, Dallas”

“Did you get them?”

Feeney held a s screen “All labeled and dated About twenty years’ worth”

“Start with the last entry, work back I should hit destination in about twenty minutes I’ll contact you as soon as I can for a status report”