Midnight Rain by Dee Davis

Author:Dee Davis
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Random House

Chapter 16

“What the hell were you thinking, keeping information from me?” Katie knew she was yelling, knew it because she could see people outside Roswell’s office reacting, but she didn’t give a damn.

“It was need to know.” Roswell was sitting behind his desk, the only sign of his anger the tense line of his shoulders.

“I think I needed to know that someone wanted John dead. It changes everything.” She gripped the edge of Roswell’s desk, leaning forward, so that their faces were only inches apart.

“It changes nothing. We haven’t verified the identity of the shooter, and until we do I can’t definitively say that it was a hit.”

“But you think that it was.”

“It seems probable. But I’m—”

“Not going to commit.” She waved him off, interrupting. “I understand that. What I don’t understand is why you didn’t tell the victim. He could very well still be in danger.”

“It seems unlikely, considering his memory loss.” He leaned back in his chair, putting more distance between them.

“But there’s still a chance.” Katie pushed back from the desk, the gesture a reflection of her frustration.

Roswell shrugged, obviously unconcerned. “A small one, maybe. But it was a risk we were willing to take.”

“With someone else’s life.” She fought to keep her voice level.

“He had protection.” Roswell’s smile wasn’t reflected in his eyes.

“Me?” The word came out on a shriek. She gulped in air, struggling for composure. Losing it in front of Roswell wasn’t helping anything.

“Yes. In part. Of course, we were also expecting you to come up with something to tie Brighton into Miller’s death.”

She dropped into a chair, running a hand through her hair. “None of this makes any sense. You’re telling me that someone tries to take John out and your reaction is to try to pin Miller’s murder on him?”

“We have solid evidence that points to his guilt.”

“But it’s all circumstantial. It doesn’t even add up. And you don’t have a motive.” She stopped, an ugly thought raising its head. “Unless there’s more you haven’t told me.”

Roswell rested his elbows on the arms of his chair, his fingers steepled, his gaze meeting hers. “A little more. You know that after Miller was arrested he contacted us, claiming he had information we’d be interested in.”

“Right. But he died before he could tell us what it was about.” She frowned, trying to anticipate where Roswell was going with this.

“What you don’t know is that we’ve been tracking a group of Korean businessmen, a company called Taegu International. We think it’s a front. A way for information and certain products to make it out of the U.S.”

“Illegally.” Roswell nodded, and Katie was intrigued despite herself. “But what’s the connection with John?”

“There isn’t one. Not directly anyway. The only link we had was through Miller.”

“But I thought he disappeared before you had a chance to talk to him.”

“He did, but when he made the original call, he said he had information about Taegu.”

“Okay.” Katie held up a hand. “While I find all of that interesting, provocative even, I fail to see how you made the leap to a connection between Guardian and Taegu.

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