Page 23 of Hacker Revelation

Higgins cursed under his breath. “From the glint in your eye, I can tell you're bullshitting me. Try not to kill him if he comes after Kat or Lily.”

“All I can promise is that I will do everything I can to protect my wife.”

Higgins let out a sigh and headed for the door. “I’ll let the brass know your wife didn’t kill Greg’s friend.” Higgins put his hand on the doorknob. “I still might need to talk to her.”

“Why?”Dammit.I didn’t need Higgins digging into Kat’s past. One glance at her folder, and he would be back to arrest her for Greg’s missing friend.

“She is going to DC next week with her sister, Sophie. When she gets back, we can set up a meeting,” I informed Higgins. We needed to solve the Juan case before we dealt with the other mess Kat had gotten herself into. Life with Kat was never fucking dull.

“Sophie is Zane Tucker’s fiancé.” It was smart of Asher to drop the Tucker name. No way could Higgins argue about Kat leaving town.

Higgins nodded that he understood. “I’ll look forward to talking with your wife in two weeks. It would be nice to talk to the woman who thawed your heart made of ice.”

Higgins strode out the door, and I turned on my twin the minute it slammed shut. “Fuck, that was close.”

Asher rubbed the bridge of his nose. “I can’t believe that fucker said Kat killed his friend. He admitted he came after her.”

“We need to do more digging on this guy before he gets out on bail. Once he is out, let’s track him down and get this taken care of.”

“I thought you told your wife we were going to let the authorities handle the issue with Greg.”

“Clearly, I was wrong. We don’t want him telling anyone else what Kat did. Let’s have CJ look into this friend to see if any family is going to start asking questions.” I didn’t need this shit on top of being worried about Juan coming after Kat. She was supposed to help the women at the shelter with self-defense, not take out their lowlife spouses.

Asher pulled out his phone and sent a text message. “CJ’s pulling up everything we need. He should have a complete report for us by tomorrow. You understand taking time to pull this data will interfere with CJ looking for Juan?”

We needed another tech person to help sift through the information we had. I started to regret the decision to keep Sophie and Kat out of the op. Maybe it was time we brought them in and they helped us find Juan. That way, we would also have them at AA Security so we could keep an eye on them.

I let out a tired sigh. “I think we should have Sophie and Kat come in and help.”

Asher tapped his shoe on the carpet. “The extra eyes would be good, and we wouldn’t have to put bodyguards on them during the day.”

Kat would be excited tonight when I told her we needed her help on the case. I hope she didn't fight me about not being able to go to the shelter for a few weeks.

“How do you think Zane will feel about us using Sophie to help on the case?”

“I know he worries all day about her being at White Hat after what happened last week.”

Juan had been quiet for too long. I knew he hadn't gone away. We needed to figure out what his plan was and get ahead of it.

When we had Juan and Greg behind us, I planned to surprise Kat with the wedding she deserved and to give Ant a brother or sister.

I walked to the window. The view of the city was spectacular from my office. Asher had the same view since his office was next to mine. I wondered if Kat would be happy staying in one location when we had Juan and Greg behind us. The thought of Kat at home and pregnant had my dick hard.

“Hey, we’ll find him before anything happens to Kat or Sophie.” Asher stepped up next to me. “You know I would do anything for my sister-in-law. Hell, Alex might be a dick and spend his time behind a computer, but I know he would help you if you needed it. We are family, and we stand by each other. No way are either of these fuckheads going to get their hands on Kat. Hell, she’s too entertaining to not have around. CJ and I really don’t want to go back to working with your grumpy ass. I’ve noticed a change in you since she’s been around, and I like it, man.”

I understood what Asher was saying. And I would do the same if CJ were in trouble.

Leaving the military to open my own security firm had been the best decision I had made. I got to work with my brother, and it made our relationship ten times stronger. The men that worked for me were like family. When I was in the Navy, I had my brothers in arms, and we would die for each other. But the family I created at AA Security was a bond we would hold for life.

The phone on my desk vibrated and brought me out of my thoughts. FBI Director Charles Westblack’s name flashed across the screen.

Westblack and I had served on the same SEAL team for a couple years. He left the navy and joined the FBI, and worked his way up the ranks. Over the years, we had worked cases together and tried to catch up as much as we could. He called when he was in town so we could get a drink.

I swiped my finger across the phone to answer in speaker mode. “Director.”

Westblack’s deep voice boomed through the phone. “Antonio, I have a situation. We arrested a woman during an op this morning.”

“I don’t understand what that has to do with me.”

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