Blind Eye; Silent Waters; Janus Effect by Jan Coffey

Author:Jan Coffey [Coffey, Jan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-04T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Pentagon

10:45 a.m.

Commander Dunn and one of the aides had headed down to the labs to look at the image enhancements from the shipyard security camera. Seth had again been sent next door to keep track of developments. Everyone else working for them in the room had been assigned to find what they could, including the whereabouts of everyone that Bruce had included on his list.

Sarah used this opportunity to call Key West. No one was home at the McCanns’. She hadn’t given up, though, and was able to find what hospital Mina McCann had been transferred to. But everything after that had been inconclusive. Harry wasn’t talking to anyone while Mina was undergoing a battery of tests. No one knew anything yet. Her rank and government connections had at least been enough to get the news that Mina was now conscious.

This entire situation was so unfair to the McCanns. Sarah had first met Darius’s parents when she was in college. Over the years, she’d spend many days at their house. She’d eaten many meals at their table. She’d been treated just like a member of the family, even though there’d never been a serious commitment between her and Darius.

Harry and Mina were simply just about the nicest people she’d ever met in her life. She’d taken shelter more times at their home than she had at her own parents’ house.

Sarah wondered if Darius’s brothers and sister were on their way to Florida. She didn’t imagine they could be, with all the airlines grounded and the East Coast highways being the mess that they were.

It was becoming increasingly difficult to concentrate on the work before her, but she forced herself to look at the list. She read over the names of the eleven people that they knew were on Hartford.

She’d checked off Darius and Amy Russell. Dunn had included Paul Cavallaro on his list, so their people were already doing some research on him. Lee Brody, the petty officer second class in charge of sonar, was the next name on her list, and he was turning out to be a real puzzle.

The young man had his own page on Sarah’s legal pad. She had organized the different kinds of information she’d collected on him into two separate columns. It was very peculiar. The man’s personal and professional lives were one massive contradiction.

“I think it’s the way you like it. A touch of milk and half a teaspoon of sugar.”

A cup of coffee slid in front of her. She looked over her shoulder and smiled at Bruce Dunn. They’d known each other less than four hours, and he knew how she liked her coffee.

“Thanks.” Her gaze moved to the cinnamon donut in his hand.

“I know all about the love-hate relationship women have with donuts and pastries. So would I dare to get something for a woman?” he asked, looking into space philosophically.

“The answer is yes,” he said, answering his own question. He put down the small tray he was carrying next to her.

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