Done that.
“Can you cross-check Vivian with any case I’ve ever worked in my entire time at the FBI? I want to make sure we’re safe. Check to ensure she hasn’t had a friend or family member tracked down byANYof us.”
MATE chimed, and answered her.
“I can do that, Director. How deep of a search do you request?”
Oh, that was easy.
“Go as deep as you can, and as quickly as you can,” she suggested.
MATE acknowledged it.
“Very well, Director.”
Now, Elizabeth was curious.
“What happened to the person running the office?” she asked. “I know they were bumped, but bumped to where?”
Just.
In.
Case.
The last thing they needed was bitter Bettys shitting on her parade here.
MATE shared.
“The director who was in charge of this office was moved to the San Diego office upon his request to be moved out of there. Apparently, he didn’t want to stay the second he heard the Blackhawks were coming back.”
Ethan laughed.
“I mean, he wasn’t my biggest fan, so I’m not shocked,” he admitted. “It’s probably for the best since he wanted to be in DC running the place.”
Oh, and they knew why.
Ethan had run roughshod over this office, and when he’d been picked to be deputy director, some people thought it was because of Gabe.
Not Ethan’s skill.
But his ethnicity.
“Okay, so that looks like we’re pretty clear, minus the agents that work here. I’ll go through their files another time to see who I can pull over to work any violent crimes that come our way.”
Ivan alerted her.
“I know you don’t need to know this, but we’ll be arriving in one minute.”
It was time.
Elizabeth got ready to return to the scene of the crime. The crime being their abandonment ofFBI Westto go home to DC where they would make a name for themselves.
This should be fun.
As they pulled into the garage where there was a parking space for her there, they all got ready to make an appearance.
It was like going to school the first day at a new location. People would talk, there would be whispers, and now, they were on their own.