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  1. “YOU CAN TOUCH ME ALL YOU WANT, BUT I WON’T ABANDON THE JOB.”
  2. Also by
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. Chapter One
  8. Chapter Two
  9. Chapter Three
  10. Chapter Four
  11. Chapter Five
  12. Chapter Six
  13. Chapter Seven
  14. Chapter Eight
  15. Chapter Nine
  16. Chapter Ten
  17. Chapter Eleven
  18. Chapter Twelve
  19. Chapter Thirteen
  20. Chapter Fourteen
  21. Chapter Fifteen
  22. Chapter Sixteen
  23. Chapter Seventeen
  24. Chapter Eighteen
  25. Chapter Nineteen
  26. Chapter Twenty
  27. Chapter Twenty-One
  28. Chapter Twenty-Two
  29. Chapter Twenty-Three
  30. Chapter Twenty-Four
  31. Chapter Twenty-Five
  32. Chapter Twenty-Six
  33. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-One
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three
  40. Chapter Thirty-Four
  41. Chapter Thirty-Five
  42. Chapter Thirty-Six
  43. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  44. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  45. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  46. Chapter Forty
  47. Chapter Forty-One
  48. Chapter Forty-Two
  49. Teaser chapter
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The senator. The guy who already had an impressive mantle of power. Brigid kept silent. Oh, she had more digging to do. For now, while she still had a job.

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Seven

The USB was delivered about thirty minutes after the two agents had left. Brigid took it immediately to the computer room, her mind spinning. Angus had been locked in his office making phone calls, often yelling rather loudly. At least she hadn’t been shown the door. Yet.

She inserted the USB, typed in commands, and watched information travel across the screen.

Her door opened, and Angus stalked inside, somehow even grumpier looking and paler than before. “Did Raider get the information?”

“I think so.” She pointed to the lines of code. “It’s encrypted, and it’s going to take some time to decrypt it.” She would gladly spend all night on the project. “How did your calls go?”

“Not well. Apparently the senator has some powerful friends. We’re supposed to stop working the case immediately, or we’re going to get shut down altogether.” He wiped a hand across the long bruise on his forehead and then blanched. “Rutherford would love to shut us down.”

She looked at the code, needing to decipher it. “You want to back down?”

“Don’t know how.” His gaze focused again. “Those girls are being brought in two days from now, and I’m not shutting anything down. And you should’ve made a better deal with HDD—like the one we thought we got for you.”

“I know,” she sighed. “But I was scared and didn’t have a lawyer.” Truth be told, she would’ve done anything to avoid being sent to Guantanamo for treason. “It hasn’t been too bad. This is my first major undercover op, and I hate it. I mean, I like the team and my role, but it has totally sucked having to report on you.” She swallowed, wanting to ease the pain she saw in his eyes. So she opened her drawer and took out a small bottle. “I sent you the reports a few minutes ago, and this is aspirin, if you’d like some.”

He took the bottle but his gaze didn’t soften. “You can finish this case, and then you’re out. I can’t have people I don’t trust here.” He snapped open the top and downed three pills before handing it back. “We’re probably all getting fired, anyway.”

“Not if we bust Eddie,” she said, using her best old-cop imitation voice.

He didn’t even crack a smile. “Nice.” He looked at the screen. “How long is it going to take you?”

She turned back to the challenge, her adrenaline starting to flow, tears pricking the back of her eyes. “All night. I’m hoping I can read it by morning, but I can’t guarantee it.” Though she wouldn’t sleep until she had answers for them.