Page 117 of Misdirection

CHAPTER 51

Claudine had been arrested, and Olive and Jason had been questioned—along with Duncan.

This investigation would take a while to wrap up.

Olive and Jason were given permission to take a break, so they headed to the downstairs lobby.

Just as Olive stepped into the area, she saw someone trying to get through the front door.

Tevin.

Jason talked to his security guards and told them to let Tevin through.

Tevin rushed toward Olive and pulled her into a hug. “I was so worried.”

“I’m fine.”

“Smart thinking back there,” Jason said. “I’m assuming you were the one flying that drone?”

Tevin nodded. “I was. I gave Olive a tracker so I could know where she was in the building?—”

Olive raised the heart shaped pendant on the necklace.

“I managed to figure out where she was,” Tevin continued. “Then I decided to launch my drone—which is illegal in downtown Chicago, but I figured it would be worth it. That’swhen the camera picked up on her in Duncan’s office. I saw what was happening and knew I had to do something.”

They all moved to a cluster of black couches and chairs and sat together.

“I was able to uncover some texts from Adriana’s phone,” Tevin continued. “She tried to turn Ryan. He accepted one round of payments before changing his mind. Then he got scared and told Adriana he’d return the money but that he couldn’t go through with it.”

“Then Adriana had her guys kill him and make it look like a suicide . . .” Jason muttered with the shake of his head. “She’d truly thought she was going to get away with this.”

“Yes, she did,” Olive said.

“She never anticipated you coming into the picture.” Jason gave her a look.

Olive actually felt herself flush.

One of the security guards called to Jason, and he excused himself.

As Jason stepped away, Tevin leaned closer. “By the way, that name you asked me to look into?”

“Walter Wiggle?”

“Yes, that one. I found out something.”

Olive’s breath caught. “You did? What?”

“You’re going to want to prepare yourself to hear this.”

Her heart thumped with anticipation in her ears. “Okay . . .”

“I found out that?—”

Jason returned just then. “False alarm. They didn’t need me after all.”

Olive and Tevin both looked up.

Jason tilted his head. “Am I interrupting something?”

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