Page 83 of Shadow Operative

Gage had been thinking it through, and there was only one solution in his mind. “I think we need to go to his house.”

“You think he’s going to be there?” Nia looked up at him with confusion in her gaze.

“Not necessarily. But maybe we’ll see something that will indicate where he went. Do you know if he has a roommate?”

Nia shook her head. “I have no idea. I don’t really know that much about the man. I only met him once when he came into the office with Rob. And he seemed nice enough. Not likea killer.”

Gage nodded and raked a hand through his hair. “I understand. But I still think he could have some answers for us.”

“I agree. Let’s find his address and get going.”

They stepped outside again onto the sunlit street. He glanced around as they did, but he didn’t see anybody of interest.

Was it possible that they truly had lost those guys who’d been tracking them? It almost seemed too good to be true.

Regardless, Gage wouldn’t let down his guard.

He and Nia hurried along the city blocks until they reached the hotel’s parking garage. They used Austin’s rental car again. It seemed like a safer bet considering everything that had happened.

Once inside, Gage pulled out his phone and found the address for Cormac. It would take them twenty minutes to get to the Miami suburb. Memories of what had happened yesterday in the parking garage filled his mind.

But so far, everything still seemed to be safe.

Almost too safe.

Gage tried to shake off the thoughts. Instead, he should be thankful they’d lost these guys. But he had no doubt they were still looking for Nia.

He pulled from the garage and followed the directions out of Miami. He kept an eye on everything around him as he did, just to be on the safe side.

“Good job back there,” Gage said. “If you didn’talready have a successful career, I might try to recruit you for the agency I work for.”

“I’m quite content with what I do,” Nia said. “And I don’t fully understand everything you guys do.”

There was a lot that he wished he could tell her. But he couldn’t. He’d signed the confidentiality clause. Besides, the more she knew, the more danger she’d be in.

“Do you see yourself working there for a long time?” she asked.

“That’s a good question.” He stared out the front window. “Usually, people are in it for life.”

Her eyebrows flung up. “Really? It sounds like an exciting life but not necessarily an easy one. Especially if you’re doing assignments all over the country. Maybe even the world.”

She’d picked up on more of the nuances in what he said than Gage had expected. He would need to be careful.

“Not everyone is meant to settle down.” His throat ached as he said the words.

But they needed to be spoken.

They were a good reminder for both of them to keep their distance. That anything between them would never work.

Besides, it wasn’t like Gage and Nia really knew each other. In fact, it had been less than two days since they’d first met. So why did it feel like they’d known each other for months?

Gage supposed trauma and stress could do that.

He shoved those thoughts aside as they drove into Cormac’s neighborhood.

Maybe this would be the place they finally found some answers.

Nia glanced around as they pulled up to Cormac’s house.

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