Final Exit by Lena Diaz

Author:Lena Diaz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-01-31T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Tuesday, 11:12 a.m.

Bailey wasn’t sure what she’d expected of the FBI lab, but the lone whitewashed building visible through the panel van’s windshield wasn’t it. She braced herself against the wall to keep from falling as Austin pulled to a jarring stop behind the building.

“All right,” Jace said. “Kade, you first. Everyone follow his lead and stay alert.” He slammed the side door back on its rails and motioned for Kade to precede him.

Kade glanced at her, but she looked away, pretending to be busy rechecking the loading of her Sig Sauer. She heard his sigh, and knew he’d assumed the worst—that she didn’t trust him or believe in him anymore. But that wasn’t it at all. She was ashamed. She owed him an apology the size of Colorado for stalking out of the interrogation like she had. But she needed more than a quick glance, or a stolen chat in a hallway to tell him how truly sorry she was.

“Bailey, get a move on. Even Austin’s faster than you.” Jace stood outside the van, motioning for her to get out.

She was startled to see that she was the last one to leave. And true to Jace’s word, Austin was in his wheelchair with the others, waiting for her. Which meant she needed to get her head on straight, focus. Whatever this . . . thing was between her and Kade had to take the back burner for now. She had a mission again. The Equalizers had misread her anger during their questioning of Kade, just as he had, and now believed she was fully one of them.

The hell with that. She was still Team Kade, even if she’d been stupid enough to falter for a few seconds before her common sense kicked back in. And once she had a decent chance to talk to him, she’d make sure he knew.

Kade led them around to the front, which was apparently the only entrance and exit. Everyone was dressed in black with bullet-resistant vests—except for Kade. At his own insistence, he’d showered and changed into his usual jeans and a T-shirt before they’d left the Equalizers’ hideout. If anyone else showed up at the lab while they were here, he wanted to be able to run interference and pretend he was just here for his usual—to run some reports. Of course that only worked if the Equalizers, and Bailey, weren’t seen. Explaining their presence would be pretty much impossible.

In spite of the lack of fencing around the building, the security wasn’t completely lax. For one thing, it was in the mountains, surrounded by woods and little else. But as far as technology went, Kade had to enter security codes and slide his badge through a reader to get them into the building. Then he had to repeat the process through countless other doors to reach the room he wanted to show them.

As Bailey waited at the back of the group for Kade to get this next door open, she felt a tingle of nerves shoot up her spine.

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