Wired Hard by Toby Neal

Author:Toby Neal [Neal, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Toby Neal

Chapter Fourteen

Sophie woke and rose from the pretty little rattan bed in her apartment, greeted rapturously by Ginger. The big yellow Lab could wag her tail with her whole body, and that was exactly what the big dog did, hopping and slobbering all over Sophie.

Sophie petted the Lab and padded into her little kitchen, plugging in the electric kettle for tea. In spite of the breakthrough last night, Sophie was dogged with a feeling of frustrated futility. Connor was still working on breaking the code of the blackmail file, and she’d kissed him good night and left, contacting Lei on Maui and sending her the IP location of the computer that had received Taggart’s email of the GPR report.

Giving over that information but not being able to go on the raid to see what they unearthed reminded Sophie again of the limitations of being a private contractor.

She drank her tea and took Ginger out for a run. Soon she was jogging on the beach at Ala Moana Park with the dog. The chattering of mynah birds and doves waking up in the park, the morning sun glittering off of the tall, mirrored high-rises of Waikiki, and a little wind picking up across the turquoise water all soothed her spirits.

At least she and Connor were getting along, and he was confident he’d have the blackmail list code broken soon. Working together, the lovely dinner, and Connor’s goodnight kiss—tempting enough to want to make her stay the night—all warmed her, but second thoughts about leaving the FBI still nagged at her.

Her phone rang in her pocket, and Sophie trotted over to stand under a palm tree and pick up for Lei. “Sophie, I’m on my way to Honolulu, but I’ve been hung up by some personal business. I need you to go on the raid of that address you found with the Honolulu Police Department staff—a Sergeant Chimes will be in charge. Confiscate any computer equipment you find and get started searching it. And I’ll be there by noon.”

“Thanks,” Sophie said. “I really needed this.” Her heart rate was already up, the cobwebs of incipient depression dismissed by the excitement of the hunt.

“I’m not doing it for you,” Lei said with a dry chuckle. “I’m doing what’s best for the case. Even if that means I don’t get to be there for the takedown.”

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