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“So, there’s a chance that she was caught trying to get information out. How was she getting the information out?” Jonah asks curiously.
“Erm, one second,” Trick replies as he quickly scans the email. “Ah, okay, she was making the drop, and Mr R himself was going to pick it up, but when he arrived, nothing was there.”
“Right, okay, well at least we know that we don’t have to look into anyone else at headquarters to see if they were involved,” Jonah replies.
“But I think it is pretty safe to assume that she didn’t make the last check-in because she got caught.” Luc points out.
“Yeah, I think that’s the most likely scenario,” I reply. “Can you ask him if we still have that guy that we caught, the only mole that didn’t die? I know he was supposed to be moved; it would help if we could talk to him and see what else he knows.”
“Good idea,” Trick replies with a smile, “he did, after all, give you the name of the man in charge, Erebus Hunt.”
“Which hopefully means that he knows more than he’s let on so far. I assume that if he had said something important, Mr R would’ve let you know,” Jynx points out.
“Yeah, he should have, but it depends on the circumstances and whether he thought it was relevant or not.” Lyric adds.
“See, this is one of the reasons why I wouldn’t do well not being in charge,” Jynx replies.
“One of the many,” Ace teases and earns the middle finger from Jynx, making me smile.
“It’s not so bad,” I reply, “he’s pretty decent as far as bosses go and gives us a lot of free reign. We’ve just got to report back to him and accept that we don’t know everything that goes on.”
Jynx thinks about it, “It doesn’t sound too bad, but it also doesn’t sound like something that I could handle.”
“That’s because you’re so used to being in charge.” Lyric points out with a smile.
“Alright, Mr R said that because of the Holidays, they haven’t actually moved him yet, and she’s still being held at headquarters. He hasn’t said a word since Ever and Jynx left, no matter what they’ve tried to get him to talk. He said that we’re welcome to try to get some more information out of him though, if we want to,” Trick explains as he interrupts our other conversation.
I share a look with Jynx and reply, “So long as Jynx is happy to go back to headquarters again, then I’m happy to go back and talk to him and see if we can get anything else out of him.”
“I’ll go too,” Atlas offers, and I smile.
“Sounds good, Jynx?” Trick questions.
“Oh, I’m always up for a little bit of torture,” Jynx grins.
“You’re a little bit scary,” Dominic tells her and makes her smile widen even more.
“Why thank you,” she replies, and then adds, “when do you want to go?”
“Tomorrow afternoon?” I suggest, “That way, we can see if Peter’s program has picked up anything that we can use in the interrogation.”
“Good idea. I’ll message him now to let him know to come up early tomorrow so that you guys have enough time to get to headquarters and interrogate the guy,” Trick replies, already typing out a message.
While he’s doing that, Luc’s phone starts to ring, and he smiles down at the screen as he gets up to answer it, gesturing for me to follow him.
Chapter Twelve
“Hey, sis,” Luc grins, answering the video call when we get into the front room and holding it up so that we can both see.
“Hey, little brother. Hello, my favourite sister-in-law,” she greets us happily.
I chuckle as happiness fills me, “I’m your only sister-in-law, and technically, I’m not your sister-in-law.”
She grins, “Not yet; it’s only a matter of time.”
“How are my nieces?” I grin, changing the subject before she starts asking me things like what theme I want for the wedding.
“Girls, come and talk to your aunty Ever,” Elena yells, and the girls suddenly appear on screen.