Masters by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781778863257
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

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Elizabeth did as Masters had asked and considered what she could possibly know that would point him in the direction he needed to go, to narrow down the suspects. When dinner was over, Masters again asked her for suspects, and she shrugged. “I’ve got nothing. As far as I’m concerned, it’s got to be connected to that USB key.”

“It does make the most sense,” he noted, “but we’re still very short of information on it.”

“But you see something on it, right?”

“Yes, we’ve got people digging into the USB file. So far we found information on a case, a case that was not investigated by his office.”

She frowned, as she stared at him. “Was there any information on it?” she asked. “Did Nicholas even have the clearance or whatever to be looking into that case?” she asked.

“Not necessarily. We don’t know that yet. I haven’t been able to access the individual files, as Nicholas encrypted them. So we’ve got people working on recovering whatever information is on it.”

She nodded. “Do you think it was a case my brother was looking into privately?”

“That’s possible,” Masters replied. “Again I don’t have that information yet.”

“And would you tell me if you did?”

He nodded. “If I can, yes. I don’t have a problem sharing that information, unless it’s classified at a level that would make that inappropriate, such as, top secret,” he added, with an eye roll.

“Isn’t it all top secret? Aren’t you guys all crazy about the status of information such as that?”

“To a certain extent, sure,” he agreed, “but you should be kept in the loop to a certain extent as well.”

“I don’t think your coworkers believe in that,” she muttered.

He smiled. “Right now, my boss is Jasper, and Jasper has a very different outlook on how we treat the family of the victims.” She winced at the term, and he nodded. “The thing is, that’s exactly what you are, and whether Nicholas is alive or not doesn’t change the fact that he’s a victim of a crime and that you are his family.”

“Do you think anybody but you will move on this case now?”

“They are certainly taking a hard look, at least Jasper is,” he said, correcting himself.

She stared at him. “Why do I get the feeling a big cover-up is involved?” He gave her a flat stare, and she groaned. “So, sharing the truth with the family will only go so far.”

“Exactly. Those conversations only go so far. I don’t have tangible information, so you’ll have to leave that part of it until I do.”

She hesitated, wondering if it was safe to trust him, when his phone rang.

He answered it and held up a finger to her and whispered, “Hang on a minute.” He put a hand over the mouthpiece and said, “I need to take this call privately. I’ll be right outside.” And, with that, he quickly walked out the front door, talking on his phone.

As she sat here and waited, the waitress came around and asked her if she wanted coffee.

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