Desperate Deeds by Dee Davis

Author:Dee Davis [DAVIS, DEE]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FIC027110
ISBN: 9780446569033
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2010-08-02T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Well, I can’t get anything off the damn thing,” Tyler said, pulling the flash drive out of her computer. “It’s either got some kind of crazy encryption or there was never anything on it to begin with. My laptop recognizes that there’s something in the UBS slot but it isn’t reading the drive.” She tossed the device onto the table, leaning back in the hotel chair. “Maybe Smitty lied.”

“Or maybe it’s just something with your machine,” Owen offered. “We’ll be at Sunderland tomorrow, we can turn it over to Harrison then.”

“Or Jason,” she said automatically, her objection to Owen and Harrison being on the team more rote now than anything. “Although you’d think I could work out how to access the thing. What time is our flight?”

“Crack of dawn,” Owen said, looking out the window. “Assuming the weather holds.”

Tyler followed his gaze. The clouds were still threatening, although the rain seemed to have ended for now. The storm had started just as the emergency vehicles had arrived at Smitty’s, the wind and lightning making securing the scene even more difficult. They’d stayed until well past dark, huddled beneath umbrellas and makeshift canopies, determined to make sure the rain didn’t wash away evidence. Unfortunately, as she’d expected, there was very little left.

There was nothing at all of Smitty, except a few charred bones and his wedding ring. She’d found a bit of the trigger lodged in a piece of the door lock, which confirmed her suspicion about point of origin. Beyond that, however, there was nothing substantial.

She’d probably have stayed on, but Owen had insisted that there was nothing more to be done. So they’d checked into a hotel and she’d worked on the flash drive while he arranged for a flight to New York and ordered dinner—such as it was.

Her hamburger had left something to be desired, and judging from the remains of Owen’s omelet, it hadn’t been much better. Although in truth, she wasn’t really hungry. She’d seen what bombs could do, so that wasn’t anything new. But she’d never seen someone blown to bits right in front of her.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t stomach it. It was just unsettling, one more horror in a growing list of atrocities. She shook her head and pushed out of her chair, walking over to the window. The lights in the parking lot bounced off the low-hanging clouds, giving the rain-wet pavement an eerie glow. Just beyond the hotel, the highway presented a ribbon of light, the weather playing havoc with the traffic, the sound of angry car horns diluted by the mist.

“Maybe I’ll have a go at it,” Owen said, moving to sit down in front of the laptop. “Could be it just needs a man’s touch.”

“Have at it,” she shrugged, turning from the window. “I’ve never been good with computers. It’s like they see me coming.”

“Oh, surely it can’t be that bad?” Owen teased, the computer whirring to life as it tried to access the flash drive. “Hey, I’ve got something.

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