Page 80 of Hidden Chance

“Yeah. TreadCraft Dynamics, the company she works for, is somehow mixed up in this, and I want to find all the players. We’re pretty sure we have a good starting point.”

“Is that how you two met? Over this Burma issue? Or did you know each other before?”

“He thought I was the bad guy,” Hannah said, lifting an eyebrow at Robby when he looked at her, offended. “What? You did. He knocked me out and stuffed me in his trunk.”

“Hey, I already apologized for that. It was a bad call, and I’m sorry. I got carried away. At least I was on the job, otherwise you’d be none the wiser.”

“Sounds like you two have some unfinishedbusiness.” Peter laughed. “Putting your differences aside, tell me what you’ve found.”

“We know of at least two people who are definitely connected to it.”

Robby’s phone dinged, and he looked at it, frowning.

“Bad news?” Hannah said.

“It’s about that employee that left TreadCraft. Dominic Baker.”

“You found him?”

“According to the date, he died right after he supposedly relocated to D.C. Car accident.”

“They killed him?”

“It was reported as an accident.”

“Do you think that’s true?”

“Not with everything else that’s happening, no. It makes sense that, if he’d handled that trip wrong, they decided to take him out of the picture. Same reason they tried to kill us.”

“I still don’t understand.”

“Which part?”

“Like the fact that they were watching the house, then tried to kill me. I wasn’t a threat, and then, all of the sudden, I was. What changed?”

“That’s probably my fault. I should have been more careful at your house. I know the car wasn’t there when I arrived, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t nearby watching, and if they already suspected you knew more than you should, once news got back to Pike, he put the pieces together. He was trying to get to you peacefully, but they ran out of time when I came into the picture.”

“So, tell me what our first move is,” Peter said.

“We found evidence of where their base of operations might be. I believe we’ll find better intel over there than we will anywhere here.” Robby had brought the picture of the building they’d found on Hannah’s computer. He showed it to Peter. “That’s where we’re headed.”

“I know that town.”

“It’s not far from where our family was,” Hannah said.

“I still have some friends over there. What about equipment and transport?”

“I’ve got all that covered,” Robby said. “The only thing we need is a passport. Did you bring yours, by any chance?”

“No. I wasn’t thinking straight when I left and hadn’t considered all the possibilities. It will be a couple of hours’ drive to go get it.”

“That’s fine. The plane isn’t ready yet anyway. I’ll come with you, and I can have them redirect closer to your house.”

“And what about me?” Hannah said.

“Aren’t you coming?” Peter said.

Robby stood and pulled his jacket on. “Why would she come? She’s here so she can hide.”

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