Changing of the guard by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780425193761
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2003-12-02T10:00:00+00:00

16

Net Force HQ

Quantico, Virgina

It was getting late, well past quitting time, and Thorn was ready to head home, when he looked up to see Marissa Lowe standing in the doorway of his office.

“I should have called,” she said. “I’m sorry to hear about Gridley,” Marissa said.

Thorn waved her in. She plopped onto the couch.

“Yeah,” he said. “The doctors say they don’t know when he’ll come out of it. Or if he will. He has an old trauma—apparently he got his brain zapped a while back, had an induced stroke—and there’s a worry that the previous injury might somehow be causing problems.” He noticed a slight hint of musk in the air—her perfume?

“You trace the bug?”

“FBI knows where it came from—it’s a commercial unit, nothing real esoteric, sold retail in New York three months ago—but no record of who bought it. A cash sale, and no security cam in the store—which, of course, is a selling point with their customers. Could be anybody.”

“So what now?”

“We’re running through Jay’s files, as best we can. Haven’t found anything worth shooting him for yet.”

She shook her head, glanced down at her watch. “Well, I was just in the neighborhood, and I’ve taken more of your time than I should. I ought to run.”

He paused. He was intrigued by her, he had to admit, and maybe more than intrigued. A part of him wanted to ask her to stay, ask her to dinner, ask her home for the evening, but there was already too much happening too fast.

So, “All right,” was all he said. “It’s been a pleasure.”

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