Page 2 of Justified Lies
Shut up.
Adam glanced at the big boss and, apparently, both he and Seth were going to let him take over. Kap looked at his boss.
“Listen, we know it is a sore spot, but, apparently, this Andrew Green was working in the same region you were at the time.”
The Middle East. He had been stationed at the NCIS Bahrain Field Office. A work weekend trip to Saudi had him at the US Embassy, and from the moment he had seen Eden, he had wanted her. He had pursued her, and for a month, they had spent all their off time together. That had ended when he’d found out she had been lying to him the entire time.
“I haven’t had much interaction with Eden since that time.”
“We know,” Seth said. “It’s just that if Green’s death is linked to his work, you were there at the time. You might be able to give us some background.”
“And with Eden Carlyle,” Del said, pulling off the band-aid. The two team captains looked at him, and he shrugged. “Kap isn’t dumb. He knew exactly what you were going after. We want you to go with Team Alpha to question Eden.”
There was something in his voice that had Kap’s senses tingling. “There’s something you’re not telling me.”
Del looked at the captains again. “See, I told you. Not dumb.” He turned back to look at Kap. “He had Eden’s home address on a piece of paper. He also had her unlisted number. It’s the one that Dillon Security gave her, and not a lot of people have access to that.”
He absorbed that bit of information. “I’m not the person you want there. I irritate her.”
And the moment he said it, he knew that he had told them more than he had wanted to. Rookie mistake.
“But you knew her once upon a time. You can tell us how she reacts to the news.”
There was a long moment of silence as the pieces fell into place. “You want to know if she had anything to do with his murder. How was this Green killed?”
“Execution style, back of the head,” Seth said.
“And y’all got the case because he was CIA?” he asked Adam. If he had worked for them for any amount of time, there could be dozens of people who might want him dead.
“Yes. HPD was thrilled to throw this at us,” Adam said.
“Not sure how much I’ll help, but I’ll do what I can.”
“Good. We’re sending you with Graeme. He’s the one she had the least amount of interaction with. We definitely don’t want Autumn going, since her brother works as Eden’s partner most of the time.”
He nodded. “Just tell me when and I’ll go.”
There was a knock at the door, and he saw Graeme MacGregor standing there.
He fucking hated Mondays.
When they pulled up to the small house in Waimanalo, Kap ground his teeth. He was trying his best not to show just how much this was irritating him.
“You should stop grinding your teeth if you don’t want your ex to know this irritates you.”
He glanced over at the giant Scotsman. He was former military married to their ME, Elle.
“And maybe don’t glare at your temporary partner.”
“Sorry. This is still a sore subject with me.”
“You don’t say.”
He heard the humor in Graeme’s voice and couldn’t help but smile.
“She’s going to lie. It’s what she does,” Kap said, looking back at the house. Eden’s family had a lot of money, so the modest house surprised him. He thought for sure she would live in one of the palatial beachfront mansions.
“CIA, I get it. Just don’t say that to her face.”
