The Byte Series by Cat Connor

Author:Cat Connor [Connor, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC030000 FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense, FIC031010 FICTION/Thrillers/Crime, FIC002000 FICTION/Action/Adventure
ISBN: 0123456789098
Publisher: Cat Connor
Published: 2017-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Six

Hot Stuff

I saw the black sedans pulling into the parking lot from our window and knew the dive team had arrived. I nudged Lee.

“Divers.”

He ran his fingers through his hair. “How do I look?”

“Not like you were crawling through the woods two hours ago, if that’s what you’re asking.”

“That’ll do.”

“You still look like a rock star,” Kurt said then ducked the open hand that flew at his head.

“Smart ass. You’ve been around Chicky too long,” Lee muttered. He tucked in his shirt and attempted to rub dirt off his shoes.

“She’s not going to be looking at your shoes,” I commented.

Sam laughed from the other side of the room.

Maria looked on, confusion clouding her face. Not surprising.

“Want to meet the USERT team?” I said to Kurt. We both faced Lee and watched his mouth flap open and shut. “Oh, did you want to brief the team?” I asked Lee with utmost innocence.

His hand was already on the doorknob. “I’ll take this.”

Kurt grinned. “I’ll go with you.”

They left Sam and me chuckling.

“He seems nervous …” Maria said.

“His girlfriend just arrived, she’s a USERT diver,” I replied.

“What’s USERT?”

“Underwater search and evidence response team.”

“Oh, I see.” She must’ve given the diver comment some thought because a few minutes later she asked, “What are the divers for?”

“We’re looking for Campbell.”

“In the river?”

“Yes.”

“But John said he’d gone for supplies―”

“Maria, John is not who you thought he was.” Or was he? “And Iain didn’t go for supplies.”

“What do you mean?”

“Did either of them have a package with them?”

She shook her head.

“You’re sure? You didn’t see any diamonds?”

“Diamonds? No.” Her head shook, then stopped. She looked at me. “You wanted to talk to me about the autism fundraiser, why?”

“The guest list. You made a late addition, a Mrs. Sutherland.” No relation to the USERT diver that Lee fancied.

She nodded.

“Why?”

“I was asked to by Mr. Bleich.”

“Bleich senior?”

“Yes.”

Well, that changed things again. Sigmund Bleich must’ve known the Sutherland woman. We were still missing a huge piece of the puzzle. Damn.

I left Maria to drink her coffee and took my phone outside the room. I called Sandra.

“This might sound like it’s coming from left field … but look into the Sutherlands, in particular Mrs. Sutherland. Insurance policies she may have on her husband and links to Bleich, compare her phone records with Sigmund Bleich’s and it wouldn’t hurt to compare them to Marika’s as well.”

“I’m on it. Everything okay out there?”

“It’s one twisted nest of lies so far. Par for the course.”

I couldn’t expect anything less from something that involved the CIA, an Irish hit man, and diamonds that may or may not be missing. I’d thought this was maybe about diamonds but we didn’t know if they were missing or not, yet. That was a situation I could remedy.

“When are you planning on returning to DC?”

“As soon as possible. USERT are on scene now, I’ll wait a few hours and see if they find a body.” I paused for a moment. “Did anyone open the safe in the twin’s apartment?”

“I believe so.

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