Page 58 of Christmas Homecoming Secrets

“Well, glad to see our sessions weren’t a complete waste.” Another pause. “What triggered it?”

“Someone shot at me.”

“What?” Bryce thought he might have heard the chair thump to the floor. “Why did someone shoot at you?” Bryce gave him the condensed version, and Titus let out a low whistle. “You sure do like to live in the adrenaline zone, don’t you?”

“Seems like it always finds me.”

“Where was Sasha?”

“She was there, doing what she does.” Which was probably why the flashback didn’t last as long as some of the others had. Okay, that was a positive.

“How long was it?” Titus asked.

“Ten seconds? Maybe a little more. Could have been slightly less.”

“Then I’d say that’s not too bad, considering you were shot at.”

So they were thinking along the same lines. “Yeah.”

“You going to be okay?”

After a deep breath and some serious thought about the question, Bryce released the air in a low sigh. “Yeah. I think I am.”

“You’ve already done the hard part.”

“Admit there’s a problem.”

“Right.”

Jade opened the door to the commander’s office and stepped out. “Thanks, Titus,” Bryce said. “It helped just knowing you’d pick up the phone.”

“Anytime.”

“I’ve got to go. Talk to you later.”

“Give Sasha my love.”

Bryce smiled. Sasha had been to every session and had won the crusty man’s heart. He hung up and waited for Jade to approach. “I think we’ve got everything in the system,” she said. “I’ve turned over Frank’s notes and the pictures to the commander, and he’s going to be looking into Captain Colson and the others. In fact, he’s already sent someone to pick them up and have them escorted to an interrogation room.”

“Are you going to be doing the questioning?”

“No, the commander wants to do it.”

“So, now what?”

“We’re back to hurry-up-and-wait mode, but it’s not a mode I’m comfortable with.”

He lifted a brow.

“I want to hear what they have to say for themselves.”

“So…?”

“I’m going to request us to be allowed to watch the interrogation.”

With permission received, she and Bryce settled themselves behind the two-way mirror.

The commander sat across from Dylan, hands clasped in front of him. The pictures Bryce and she had found in Frank’s file cabinet lay facedown in front of him. An open file folder lay next to the pictures.