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“That’s true,” I reply. I don’t like that he chose to do that. He most likely wasn’t going to be set free, but unless we found something worse in his background, he wouldn’t have gone away for that long.

Chapter Twelve

Ever

Of course, that doesn’t mean that he would have lived. He would have either been murdered in prison by Hunt’s contacts, assuming that he talked and told us some of Hunt’s secrets, or he would have been killed the moment that he stepped foot out of the prison when he was released, for the same reason. So, maybe he figured that dying by poison under his own terms was better than probably being tortured and then killed by Hunt or his men.

“Did he say anything?” Jensen asks, “Before he killed himself? Maybe that’s why he decided to do it when he did?”

Trick shrugs, “He said a lot, but at the same time, not much at all. Kind of like when Noel gets caught and throws them off with his talking.”

“No one will be as good at that as Noel is, I have no idea how he manages it,” I reply.

“I think he actually just lets all of his inside thoughts become outside thoughts,” Peter suggests.

Jensen’s eyes widen, “You mean, he’s got all of that going on in his head all of the time.”

Peter nods, “Yeah, at least that is my theory. I think that is why he can do it so easily; he just talks, and it’s all there.”

“You know that would explain a lot,” Cash says.

“Guys, we kind of got off track,” Trick says, an amused look in his eyes.

“So, he didn’t say anything that was useful or that we can use to secure Hunt?” Cash asks, effectively getting us back on track.

Trick shakes his head. “No. It was all either stuff that we already knew or useless information that won’t help us.”

“Right, so what do we do now? What is the next step?” Atlas asks.

Cash’s eyebrows dip, “I think the next thing that we’re waiting for is the file?”

Trick nods, “Yeah.”

“I’m surprised that we haven’t gotten it back yet,” Luc says with a frown.

Rage nods, as he suggests, “There must have been some complications or something that’s delayed it.”

Peter frowns, “Yeah, that’s a possibility and actually most probably likely, but it wouldn’t explain why they couldn’t just take some pictures of it and email them over.”

“You know what it’s like, they have probably found themselves hemmed in by some rule regulation, which means they’ve had to sort the issue out before they can divulge the information.” Cash suggests and then adds, “We may not have to deal with a lot of red tape, but there are some instances where our hands are still tied.”

“I bet you’re right,” Rafe replies. “Hopefully, we are going to get some answers soon though. For some reason, I feel like we are on a time crunch.”

“It’s probably just because we all desperately want to get Hunt out of the picture. He has caused and is continuing to cause a lot of problems, for a lot of people, and we need him gone.” Riot suggests.

“Yeah, Rylie said that I would be really surprised to find out some of the people that have been involved with Hunt,” I say.

“Oh yeah, I forgot that she was pretty much single-handedly going after Hunt’s associates,” Peter adds.

“The most dangerous ones anyway,” I grin. “That reminds me, she asked if I wanted to go with her on one of them, and she said that she was going after someone that she could use some backup with. She is running it past Mr R.”

Trick smirks, “I bet you agreed immediately.”

“Of course I did,” I grin, “she practically dangled a carrot in front of my face, there was no way I was turning that down. Besides, I feel kind of privileged that she asked me; we all know that she doesn’t work with anyone and prefers to do everything alone. It felt nice that even though we have only just come back into each other’s lives, she still trusts me enough to have me come on a job with her and be her backup.”

“Yeah, I can understand that,” Trick replies. “We will have to make sure that it fits around the other job.”

“I warned her about that. This job is my top priority, so if she needs me when we are already dealing with something related to this job, then we are just going to have to leave it this time. she gets it.” I reply with a smile.

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