Trigger by S G Redling

Author:S G Redling [Redling, S G]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Bag Books
Published: 2019-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Oh, you are just precious, Cara thought watching Dani stone-face it through the revelation of the background check. And it looks like you’re not as far from Oklahoma as you thought you were, my dear. Cara knew all about Dani’s deep desire to distance herself from the parade of relatives who had shuttled her around, resentment thinly veiled. She’d been so proud of making it to Washington D.C. and having an apartment near the real National Geographic Center! Even under layers of sedation, Dani had spoken with the enthusiasm of a true hick.

But I bet your relatives were terrified of getting on a government watchlist, weren’t they? Probably kept guns and food supplies and talked about ‘the grid’ and ‘the compound.’ A bunch of low rent Okies, worried to the point of arousal about shadow governments coming for their ammo. Would they ever have imagined that the unremarkable mouse of a girl they so resented having to feed and water would one day be a person of interest to a shadowy government agency? That the details of her history would be redacted and restricted for anyone below a certain security level?

How would that make you feel, Dani, being a hero to your tribe?

The pleasure of wondering about that almost made up for having to pretend to be fascinated by Ecuadorian condors and whatever nonsense the Wren cousin wanted to discuss. The things Cara did for her employers.

Dani had done an abysmal job denying the terrorist watchlist question. Lord, she would have made a terrible secret agent. Cara had waited to laugh the question off just long enough that it could seem as if she were saving Dani from her own awkwardness rather than exacerbating it. Then she made a big show of wrapping up the questioning and begging Olivia Wren to show her the photos from her family’s ecological endowment, the souvenirs of her noblesse oblige. So excited was she, that she happened to leave her purse gaping on the floor between the two friends. The work tablet balanced against the zipper, bold as brass.

The thought would cross Dani’s mind that this was a trap, a mind-game. Given time, that spark could explode into a conflagration of doubt. Dani on a watchlist, Cara knowing everything, now fucking with her head to see if she would dare try to hack into her own file.

That’s where Dani’s head would go.

Sinclair Charbaneaux, on the other hand, would take a different route. Cara’s probing had discovered an opportunistic streak in the young man that didn’t exactly border but was within spitting distance of antisocial personality disorder. The kid could be a shit. Yeah, yeah, he had his baggage and his scars – some weird ones – and she didn’t doubt the adventures in D.C. had changed him in some way. Again, it wasn’t like she could call him in for a check-up. But unless he had had a massive personality reorientation, Cara knew he would not hesitate to pluck the secure tablet from her bag for no bigger reason than pure boredom.

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