Page 81 of Lethal Game

"Are you Alisa Hunt?" the woman asked.

She was surprised by the question and a little put off. "Who are you?" she asked, glancing at the security guard who was watching their exchange and had taken a step closer to her.

"I'm Special Agent Stephanie Genaro." She pulled out an FBI badge and showed it to her, and then to the guard.

He took it, gave it a long look, and then handed it back to Agent Genaro with a nod.

The agent gave her a smile. "I'm looking for Jason Colter. I heard he might be here with you. I'm his former partner."

At her words, she realized where she'd heard the name before. This was the woman who had almost lost her life along with Jason's dad. "Oh, right. Jason mentioned you. But he isn't here."

"Oh." Disappointment filled her gaze. "I've been trying to reach him, but he hasn't picked up. I need to talk to him about the case he's working on, the case involving your father."

She stiffened, surprised Stephanie knew about her dad, since Jason had said he was keeping his former colleagues out of the investigation. "What do you know about my dad?"

"Quite a bit, actually. That's what I want to talk to Jason about. One of my informants just gave me some valuable information, and I need to pass it on. I already went to Jason's office, but they didn't want to tell me anything. I guess I'll just have to wait."

"What kind of information?" she asked.

Stephanie hesitated. "I can't share it with you. I'm sorry."

"If it's about my father, you can tell me. I'm in the middle of this."

Stephanie looked around. "This isn't the place. And I'm sure Jason wouldn't want me to talk to you."

"I was on my way to the cafeteria. Do you want to get coffee with me?"

Stephanie hesitated. "I don't know."

"We don't have to talk about my dad. You can tell me what it was like to work with Jason."

"I guess I could do that. I have to wait for him to call me back, anyway."

"Let's go." She led the way to the elevator, walking at a slower pace so that Stephanie could keep up her. "Jason told me you were injured in an ambush."

"Yes. By the man he's now chasing," Stephanie replied. "He has tried to keep me out of the investigation, but I have my sources, and I can't just do nothing."

"It is hard to do nothing," she agreed. "I'm going a little crazy myself."

"Me, too," Stephanie said with a sigh. "That man took everything from me, and I want to put him behind bars."

"Hopefully, Jason will make that happen," she said.

The elevator doors opened, and they stepped inside. Two orderlies stood next to an empty gurney, which struck her asslightly odd. She turned her back to them to push the button for the lobby and heard Stephanie say, "What the hell?"

Before she could turn around, she felt a sharp jab in the back of her arm.

Suddenly, she couldn't move, and the world faded away…

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Jason spotted Patrick sitting in the corner as soon as he walked into Jack's. Patrick had ordered two coffees and a plate of fries.

He pulled out the chair across from him and sat down. "What were you doing at the scene of an incident involving Dominic Ilyin getting pulled into the back of a van?" he asked.

Patrick's gaze widened. "That's what you wanted to talk to me about? How do you know I was there?"

"Your car was caught on camera."

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