Silent Thunder by Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen

Author:Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen [Johansen, Iris]
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780312368005
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2009-07-21T07:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

"It's good to see them doing so well." Congressman Preston stared out the sliding glass door of Cathy's kitchen at Ronnie and Donna playing in the backyard with an assortment of Star Wars toys. "They're amazing kids."

"I'm lucky. Ronnie is taking charge of Donna. He keeps her busy. Heck, he tries to take charge of me, too." Cathy poured coffee into George's cup. "It's worse at night. At bedtime they're alone with their thoughts, and there's nothing to distract them." She stared blindly out the door. "I thought I was so tough, but I'm not. How can I help them when I can't even help myself? How does anyone recover from something like this, George?"

"I don't know," he said quietly. "But they will heal. And so will you."

"I know we will. It's just difficult to see that time right now." She sat down across from him at the kitchen table. "So what brings you here?"

"I wanted to see how you're doing."

"Uh-huh. You could have picked up the phone. So why are you here?"

"You don't think I'm sincere?"

"You're very sincere. But you're an extremely busy man, and you just saw me at your office a few days ago. What's up, George?"

He shrugged. "The CIA called me yesterday. A man named Bradworth."

"Why?"

"Because they weren't pleased about my information-gathering on Silent Thunder. Evidently it aroused some interest at Langley."

Her eyes widened. "Are you serious? What did you tell him?"

"The truth. I don't lie to U.S. intelligence agents. Particularly when he said your sister-in-law may be in danger. It seems she's associating with a man, Kirov, who may not be trustworthy."

She frowned. "I never heard of this Kirov. She called me a couple days ago and told me she was tracking down a lead. But Hannah wouldn't keep secrets from me if it concerned Conner's death. Bradworth told you this?"

"You know Bradworth?"

"I met him the day Conner died. Hannah doesn't trust him."

"Well, he's very concerned about her. He's afraid that this man might be using her for his own purposes."

"What purposes?"

"Search me. But if you talk to her, it might be wise to tell her to come home."

"Why didn't Bradworth come and talk to me himself about this?"

Preston didn't respond.

Cathy stared at him for a long moment as the realization hit. "He wanted you to talk to me."

"Cathy, I—"

"He thought it would carry more weight coming from someone I trusted."

"Okay, he did want me to talk to you. But I didn't argue with him. If your sister-in-law has even a possibility of being in danger, I thought you should know."

"So now I know." Cathy stood up. "Tell Bradworth you completed your errand. You can also tell him to talk to me directly from now on."

He made a face. "Believe me, I will."

"You'd better go."

"Cathy, if there's anything I—"

She made an impatient gesture to stop him. "George, I know you meant well, but I'm disappointed that you let anyone use you like this. It's going to take a little while to come to terms with it.

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