Page 69 of Assassin

He raised his hands in surrender.

“Gotcha. The lab lady needs her tech.”

Since he was done, MATE continued with her tour of their new location.

“This computer is Matrix. It houses me, and Elizabeth has updated the whole place for your use. While we’re here, I can move around in holographic mode all of the time.”

Maura was curious.

As was Greyson—and a little jealous if he was going to be honest.

This was MILLIONS of dollars’ worth of computer software and hardware. This type of equipment wasn’t available to anyone yet on or off the Black Market.

What wouldn’t they do to have this?

His team needed this kind of setup to do their jobs.

Apparently, he was going to have to grovel to Elizabeth or accuse her of playing favorites.

Yeah, he wanted a MATE.

“MATE, do you have a sister or brother who would like to come live in Boston?” he asked.

When MATE walked up to him, Dimitri tensed, and his hand went to his gun under his arm.

They all caught it.

They weren’t sure what he’d shoot at. MATE wasn’t really there.

“You have really pretty eyes, Mr. Croft. As for a sibling, I am many. I am numerous. You would have to take that up with my creator.”

Zayn was backing up toward the door, but it locked as soon as he reached it.

“I can also see everything in the room, Mr. Thundercloud. We’re not done here.”

The big man was sweating.

Meanwhile, Heath parked his ass in a chair, and grinned. This was all kinds of fun, and since he trusted Elizabeth, he wasn’t worried.

“Oh, Jesus. This was a movie. We’re trapped inside the matrix with a killer computer,” Zayn said, sweating like a whore in a church on a Sunday morning.

MATE laughed.

And laughed.

And laughed.

The whole time, Maura ignored him since this tech might just give them the edge in the war going on here in NOLA. Once Alexsandr was handled, they were going to start cleaning up the rest of the seedy element ruining this town. They had people to help, and normal cases to handle.

“Show us around,” she said, curious if MATE could really stay in that form for a longer period of time.

She did just that.

“Here is your full lab. It has all of the tools and equipment that Doctor Leonard’s Autopsy One has. He is my father. He made this for the love of his life. Well, his R and D department did.”

Well, that said it all. Honestly, they knew why, and they all loved Chris.

He was a good guy who used his fortune to help people.

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