Outbreak by melissa f. olson

Author:melissa f. olson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Downtown Chicago

Saturday late afternoon

THEY FOUND A CLUSTER of public benches, and Sloane began to talk. And talk. Eventually, Alex was satisfied that he was telling the truth. He could tell Lindy still had her doubts, but they were short on ideas, and their forty-eight hours were ticking down quickly. She agreed to give collaboration a shot.

Chase went to rent a car—Lindy didn’t think Hector had much pull with credit card companies; he was more of a hands-on asshole—and the three of them met up with a contrite, and nearly silent, Reagan. By the time everyone was headed for the rental cabin, it was just after sunset.

Alex drove, with a watchful eye on Lindy, who sat sideways in the passenger seat so she could glare daggers at Reagan in the back. Sloane occasionally tried to crack a joke, but the tension in the small car was impenetrable, and even he eventually gave up. Alex found himself wishing he could have ridden with Chase—but then Lindy might have killed one of the other shades. She was obviously still pissed about Reagan shooting her with meth.

“What did you do with Aidan and Cooper?” Lindy asked Reagan.

The young woman had been staring at her hands, but now she straightened her shoulders and met Lindy’s stare. “I left them some money and instructions to get to a friend in St. Louis,” she said. “He’ll look after them when . . . until this is over.”

Sloane was looking at Reagan now too. “You didn’t tell them goodbye?”

The young shade shook her head. “Coop would have tried to help, and Aidan probably would have tagged along. This isn’t their fight.” She hesitated for just a moment, then added, “And they’d both be a liability.”

Lindy didn’t respond, but the answer seemed to satisfy her. They rode silently for the rest of the way.

* * *

At the cabin, Lindy waited in the car with the other two shades while Alex went in first, to warn Hadley and Ruiz. He found his two young agents collapsed at kitchen chairs, looking exhausted.

“Did you bring food?” Ruiz said hopefully.

Alex dropped a Culver’s bag on the small kitchen table, and Ruiz had his cheeseburger unwrapped and in his mouth with terrifying speed. Before Alex could tell them about Sloane and Reagan, Hadley burst out, “We’ve got nothing, boss. If we had access to recognition software or some fingerprint samples, that might be one thing, but this whole thing is just dead ends.” She waved at the wall with a look of disapproval, as though it had personally failed to meet her expectations. Lindy had talked them through some of it on the phone, but unfortunately she hadn’t kept in contact with any of Hector’s associates. Alex understood why, but this would have been a hell of a lot easier if they could just track down even one henchman.

“Did you try the Dark Net?” he asked.

“Yes, and I used the login stuff Lindy texted,” Hadley replied. After popping three French fries in her mouth, she seemed to have forgotten the food.

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