A Little Harmless Secret by Melissa Schroeder

Author:Melissa Schroeder [Schroeder, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harmless Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

As they gathered around the table, Devon fumed silently, but not only because that big, stupid spy wouldn’t take his fucking hands off Ali. Most of it was directed at himself. He couldn’t believe he was acting like such an ass about this. Kaheaku was an old friend of her family. What’s more, he’d come to help. And now, dammit, he still wanted to beat the living shit out of Kaheaku. Instead of doing that, he concentrated on what was happening around the table.

Even dressed in a pair of shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, Conner still looked like an FBI agent. Short cropped hair, the perfect posture, not to mention the lean hungry gaze, made him appear to still be working for the FBI. He pulled out his computer and started to discuss what little he’d been able to find out.

“I don’t have your computer skills, but I pulled in Maura to work on it.”

There was something in his voice that Devon picked up on. “Pulled her in?”

Conner’s lips twitched. “Well, she pointed out that she’s smarter than I am. Several times in fact.”

Ali chuckled. “I think that’s why Maura and I get along so well.”

“You’re both smarter than Conner?” Kaheaku said.

Ali shook her head. “No, we don’t give a bloody damn about men’s egos.”

“Anyway,” Conner said, “I can’t seem to find any connection between you and Walter Hughes. I went through everything you gave me, and Maura played outside the lines. Nothing. There is nothing that either of you worked on, officially.”

“But I do know that my father was looking for him.” She looked at Kaheaku. “You know how he would get.”

Sean nodded. “Walter could become obsessed over something. And it didn’t always have to be about work. Remember when Facebook started? Walter spent weeks on there.”

“On Facebook?” Devon asked.

Ali nodded and a smile curved her lips. “Only in the interest of research. He found it fascinating that so many people would reveal even the most personal things online. Anyone could see it. Where they lived, what they were doing…it was actually a little disturbing to him.”

“Yeah, I remember that,” Kaheaku said. “I think he was the first person in the industry to write up a memo about it. Breaches in security were bad enough, but with the invention of social media, so many people never gave posting what looked like useless information online a second thought. It has been a nightmare.”

“But to get back to the discussion, Ali said. “Father was looking for Devon, but I still don’t know why. He was obsessed with it like he always would get, but this was different. Almost unorganized and desperate.”

“What do you mean?” Devon asked.

“My father was a man who organized everything. It was almost pathological. He organized his underwear drawer by color and style. So, when I arrived at the house after the funeral and found his office a mess, I was shocked. Notes everywhere and Devon’s name was all over the place.”

“Well, that’s where it gets sticky,” Conner said.

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