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that she’d foolishly wasted one of them on a phone call that might potentially get her aunt killed was almost laughable, if the situation wasn’t so dire. 
    “It’s not what you think,” Emily said, closing the distance between them. 
    She was smart enough to drop the phone into his hand, for even Jax didn’t know if he’d grab her and flip her over his knee for the punishment she deserved.  He would do well to remember that she’d been lying to him all along and that he truly didn’t know who this woman was standing in front of him.  She also wasn’t his now.
    “So I’m wrong in assuming that you went through my bag, stole a cell phone, and then snuck upstairs to call a family relative,” Jax said mockingly, nodding his head as if he was in total agreement.  He held up the phone in one hand.  Her face flushed in what seemed like anger, but it wasn’t her right.  It was his.  “A relative I had no idea you had, although that’s not so surprising, is it?  Just out of curiosity…are you trying to get us fucking killed?”
    “You and I both know these people will go after my —”
    “Now we’re getting somewhere,” Jax said, flashing a smile that he knew didn’t quite meet his eyes.  He leaned up against the doorframe, crossing his black boots.  “Exactly whom are we speaking about?”
    Emily sucked in a deep breath, but she seemed to know that this wasn’t the time to continue the stalling of pertinent information.  Releasing the air from her lungs, she backed up and sat on the bed.  Her hair bounced with her, draping across her shoulders.  He really liked her as a brunette, but that was something easily changed had he wanted her to.  He didn’t.
    “ Grigori Alekseev, the one who had Amato assassinated, has someone from the Security Council on his payroll.”  Emily looked up at him, her blue eyes scrutinizing him.  Jax wasn’t sure why, but decided to stay silent in hopes she’d continue.  It worked.  “His name is Vadim Batkin.  I met him once and there wasn’t an ounce of humanity left in that man’s soul.  The evidence I gave to Schultz is enough to send Batkin and Alekseev back to their country, where I’m sure the FSB will take them into custody to never be heard from again.”
    Jax waited and when she just sat there, looking up at him with not-so-innocent eyes and wasn’t forthcoming with any more information, he knew he’d have to lead her to where he wanted this to go.  It would have helped had he had some direction, but when had things ever been easy with Emily?  It was obvious she wasn’t willing to give him too much information and he could only blame Jessalyn.  She hadn’t been like this before…had she?
    “So you expect me to believe this evidence inadvertently landed on your desk and you put two and two together, instantly jumping to this miraculous d iscovery that the new Secretary-General murdered the former one?  And that he didn’t act alone?”  Jax shook his head when she remained silent and now knew he had no choice but to take a different route in obtaining the information he needed.  The sooner this was over, the sooner they could both get on with their lives.  She’d certainly wasted enough of his life.  “Grab your jacket.  You can help me set up some additional perimeter alarms around the house.”
    Jax pushed off the doorframe and then proceeded down the stairs.  He had no doubt that she’d follow, probably to see if he was really going to destroy the cell phone.  He snagged his backpack off of the floor as he walked through the sparse living room, through the kitchen, and into the monitor room.  One swift glance told him everything was still safeguarded.  Tossing his bag on to the chair, he quickly took apart the phone and destroyed the SIM card by simply snapping it in half.
    “How have you been keeping in touch with your aunt?” Jax asked, knowing she would be right behind him.
    “You told me how to do it,” Emily