Page 111 of Hidden Chance

“You want me to give you some space?”

“No. Don’t. Please. But—” She pulled him back into the hall. “I don’t think we can trust ourselves to be alone right now. At least…I can’t trust myself.”

“Oh. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one. I’ve lived my life differently from you for a long time. This is new to me.”

“Thank you for understanding.”

“I want to do this right. I have never in my life met anyone like you. Whatever it takes to get this right is worth it.”

“The good news is, I’m much more awake now.”

“Then maybe we can get a coffee and check on Peter and Jemi.”

Robby’s phone rang. “It’s Su Su.” He answered, putting it on speaker. “How’re you doing? I’ve got Hannah here with me.”

“Good. Hannah’s who I’m looking for.”

“What’s up?” Hannah said.

“Since I got back from the hospital, I’ve been going through the laptop and looking through the documents you brought back.”

“Already? Shouldn’t you be sleeping?”

“Couldn’t sleep. Thought I’d put my time to good use. When you gave them to me, you said you didn’t know whether there was anything of value on them.”

“Yeah, I just grabbed what I could.”

“You hit the jackpot.”

“You’re kidding. You’ve found something on TreadCraft?”

“Not just TreadCraft. There are other businesses all over the world that they have connections to. This is big. This is very, very big.”

“Pike said something about a paramilitary operation.”

“Yeah. This is going to bring a lot of bad guys to justice. Wait until you see it.”

Hannah leaned back against the wall. “I can’t believe it.”

“I’ll compile what I have. Robby, do you have a contact I can forward all of this too? You’re going to need a team to execute any kind of roundup in the U.S.”

“Yeah. I’ll send it through when we hang up. Nice work, Su Su.”

“Thank you for letting me be a part of this. It means a lot.”

“You’ve been a great asset on this trip. We couldn’t have done it without you. We’ll talk soon.”

“You guys get some rest, and let me know when Jemi wakes up.”

“We will.”

Robby sent a text with the contact of his boss, thenput his phone away and shook his head. “I can’t believe it.”

“We should go tell Peter. He’ll want to know.”

Robby linked his fingers in Hannah’s. “Yeah. Let’s tell him the good news.”

When they got to Jemi’s room, she was awake, and she and Peter were talking quietly.

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