Conard County Spy

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corner of his mouth lifted. “I always hated being in the dark. Unfortunately, I often was. And right now I’m pretty much in the dark, so I can’t offer you much. Suffice it to say, Ryker put my phone on a truck heading to Denver yesterday, then some friends of your sheriff crashed my car somewhere along the same road.”
    She drew a sharp breath. “You think someone’s tracking you electronically? Who would...” She trailed off as more lights went on in her mind. “Oh God. I don’t like what I’m thinking.” The kind of organization that could track one man that way? It couldn’t be just anyone.
    â€œNeither do I,” he said frankly. “We don’t know for sure—it’s only a possibility, but one we can’t afford to ignore.”
    â€œThat’s what put Ryker in high gear, isn’t it? What he suspects?”
    â€œYou could say so.”
    She stared down at her hands, absorbing it all, then said quietly, “I don’t think I like the people you work for.” In fact, between this and Johnny’s death, they’d be easy to hate. She never wanted to hate anyone, but she had been steadily discovering her capacity for it since Johnny died.
    â€œRight now, I don’t, either. But again, we don’t know for sure. All we know is that someone is after me. Could be anyone. We simply took evasive action so I couldn’t be tracked easily.”
    She nodded slowly and realized that the dark world she had always known was out there somewhere, a world she had so far successfully avoided, now sat in her apartment with her. She knew those jobs needed doing; she wasn’t a fool. But it had never been something she wanted to participate in. Now, as he had said, she was in it up to her neck. For Marisa. For the people Marisa loved. Well, she’d just have to survive this brush with the ugly side of the world.
    â€œI’m sorry, Julie. We never wanted you involved.”
    â€œI kind of involved myself,” she admitted. Slowly she raised her gaze, trying to smile. “There are threats, and there are threats. I’d like to think that people who are working for me, for my country, aren’t being exposed to them by the very people who should be protecting them.”
    â€œWe’d all like to think that. And most of the people I’ve worked with would never dream of doing something like this. But there are always some... Anyway, maybe that’s not what’s happening. We’ll find out.”
    â€œHow?”
    He looked rueful. “I’m supposed to think, according to your sheriff. He says that information can look very different in light of a new perspective, and he’s right. So somewhere locked inside my head is the answer. Who wants me dead? And why? I’ll figure it out.”
    She bit her lip, forgetting her own shock and feeling sorrier for him than she could say. Wounded, cut loose and left to his own devices. Not a pretty picture. “It must be awful, knowing someone wants to kill you.”
    â€œI’ve been here before.”
    She studied him, knowing he probably had been. It was almost beyond imagining. “You ever think about quitting?”
    â€œI’m in line for disability retirement right now.”
    She nodded. “Then what?”
    â€œWell, that’s a good question. But right now I need to survive this.”
    Indeed he did. Rising, she went to get more coffee, seeking to settle her upset and keep a cool head. It was the only way she could be helpful now. “How’s that sling doing? And can I help you with your thinking?”
    â€œThe sling is great. I actually believe it might be helping. Less blood running to my hand. As for the thinking part, I’d have to reveal...”
    â€œOperational secrets,” she interrupted. “I get it. I’ve heard it before. So I’m living with a ticking time bomb, nobody knows when it might go off,

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