Page 170 of State of Alert

As always, Freddie frowned at her using the Lord’s name in vain. “What now?”

“That was Juan’s girlfriend, or whatever she is, upset that no one will tell her anything.” Sam found Truver’s name in her contacts and made the call.

“Truver.”

“I just got off the phone with yet another friend of Juan’s who’s heartbroken and concerned and can’t get anyone to tell her what’s going on.”

“Who?”

“Jillian Danvers.”

“I’ll take care of it.”

Before Sam could say anything else, the line went dead. “Charming.” She closed her phone. “Remind me later to check with Juan’s girlfriend to make sure she heard from NCIS.”

“I got a text from the marshals that the doctors are keeping Jada for one more night. They’ll have her back to DC tomorrow.”

“Damn. She must be pretty banged up.”

Her phone rang again, this time with a call from Cameron Green. “What’s up?”

“I found something interesting with the twins’ grandparents.”

“What’s that?”

“They’re completely broke. They have less than a hundred dollars in all their accounts. I took the liberty of checking into Cleo’s sister and brother-in-law, and they’re down to their last thousand.”

Sam’s heart began to beat rapidly. “Do we know what caused this financial disaster?”

“They were sued by two former employees, who prevailed to the tune of six million dollars, which was ordered paid two weeks ago.”

“Well, well, well. Isn’t that interesting?”

“I thought you’d think so. I’m sorry it took so long. It took some serious digging to put the full picture together. They’ve gone to some considerable effort to keep the situation private.”

“This is fantastic news, Cam. Thank you so much.”

“I hope it helps to make this go away.”

“I’m pretty sure it will. I’ll let you know.” She closed thephone and dug the secure BlackBerry out of her coat pocket to call Nick.

“Hey, babe,” he said. “How’s it going?”

“It’s going extremely well. I asked Cam to look into the financial situation of the twins’ grandparents, and what he found is very,veryinteresting.” She filled him in on the details.

“Holy shit. You were right. It’s a cash grab.”

“What was that second thing you said? Could you say that again?”

He chuckled. “This is huge news, Sam.”

“Trust me, I know. Should I call Andy?”

“Absolutely.”

“I’ll let you know what he says. Where are you?”

“Somewhere over Nebraska.”

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