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HENDLEY ASSOCIATES

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

Gavin muted the Bluetooth device planted in his ear as he thumped across his office floor with his booted broken foot, checking the hallway to make sure no one had been listening. He shut his door.

He wasn’t sure what he should tell Jack about Paul. Neither Paul nor Jack knew that he’d been working for both of them. In fact, Paul had demanded he not tell Jack about their working together in order to protect Jack. Isn’t that why Paul had him send that capture software?

But now it was Paul who was in trouble. And maybe he was to blame.

“Gavin? You there?” Jack spoke in his earpiece.

Gavin unmuted. “Yeah, Jack. I’m here.”

“Did you hear what I said? I need you to help me find Paul.”

“Yeah, I heard you.”

Jack was silent for a moment. “What aren’t you telling me, Gavin?”

Gavin fell into his chair. “Paul and I were working on a project together.”

“You mean apart from his work in Singapore?”

“Mmm, not exactly.”

“What exactly?”

“Paul asked me to write him a piece of capture software.”

“Capture software? To capture what?”

“He never said. But it was something on a USB. An encryption code.”

“Why?”

“He didn’t say.”

“And you just wrote it for him? Hell, Gavin, if I’d known you had that much spare time, I could’ve found something interesting for you to do.”

“Technically, I didn’t write it. I mean, I jazzed it up a little, but the main code I got from somewhere else.”

“So tell me why you got this for him again?”

“Paul told me he was worried that the woman you’re having sex with is a Chinese spy.”

SINGAPORE

Jack stared at the phone, his face flushed with heat. “What the hell are you talking about? I’m not sleeping with anybody.”

“Paul said you were sleeping with Lian Fairchild.”

“That’s complete bullshit.”

“I’ve seen her picture, Jack. She’s a looker.”

“Shut your piehole, Gavin. I’m out here to do a job, not a girl. I’m telling you, there’s nothing going on between us.”

“Paul thought there was, and that maybe she was working for the ChiComs.”

“Why didn’t Paul tell me he thought she was working for the Chinese?”

“He thought you were sweet on her, and he wasn’t sure she was a Red. He was looking for proof. At least, that’s what he told me.”

“And that’s what the capture software was all about?”

“That’s what he told me.”

“And you believed him?”

“Why shouldn’t I? Besides, he was just trying to protect you. So was I.”

Jack’s temperature dropped, his anger morphing into regret. “Yeah, I guess so. And you’re right, she’s a looker. But no, I wasn’t banging her, and I’m pretty sure she isn’t a Chinese spy.”