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“One more, and then we’ll move on.”
“All right.”
“Who is so interested in you that they would put thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment in your house to watch you?” Jazz raised her hand to stop Aubrey’s automatic response. “And don’t say you don’t know, because we know you do.”
“How do you know I do?”
“Because no one would go to this much expense and trouble unless they were afraid of being outed. Maybe you don’t know a name yet, but you know something.”
“How do I know I can trust you? I know nothing about you and your organization. You spirit me away from my house. You search it without my permission. You keep me here, grilling me for hours. How the hell am I to trust you when you’ve given me nothing other than more questions?”
Jazz and Serena exchanged a look, and they both nodded simultaneously.
“Fair enough,” Serena said. “What do you want to know?”
“Who are you people?”
“We’ll tell you what we can. If our boss feels like we can share more, we will.”
“That’s a start.”
“We’re an off-the-books organization that gets involved in a variety of international and domestic incidents. We often prevent bad things from happening.”
“For instance?”
“Terrorism, assassinations, wars.”
“Human trafficking?”
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nbsp; “Yes. That too.”
“Where do you get your funding?”
“That’s not something you need to know.”
Serena was right, but it had been worth a shot.
“Where are you taking me?”
“We’re going to our headquarters. Our boss trusts you enough to have you stay there. We think you’re in danger. Our plan is to protect you and help you. Will you let us?”
There didn’t seem to be much choice in the matter. Not only was she about forty thousand feet up in the air, she had nowhere else to turn. Telling her uncle what she’d found was now out of the question. Putting him in danger was the last thing she wanted.
Bottom line was she trusted Kate Walker. Kate Walker trusted these people. And despite their heavy-handed questioning, she was beginning to trust both Serena and Jazz.
“All right. I can do that.”
Chapter Nineteen
Lake Tahoe, California
“My sources are telling me that she still plans to make the film.”
Dread made his heart drop like lead. Even though he was alone, he unconsciously shook his head. “That’s not true. Your sources are mistaken.”
“Oh?”