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Thanks to the internet, the story had spread far and wide. I turned and looked at Cooper on the bed. Should I wake him?

THIRTY-EIGHT

Jade

As I watched him sleep, Cooper opened his eyes. When he saw me watching him, he smiled and patted the mattress next to him.

“Come and rest,” he said.

I walked over to the bed and laid down next to him in my pajamas.

“You’re a bit overdressed,” he teased, putting his hand on my stomach.

“We need to talk,” I said seriously.

He rolled over, propping himself up with his elbow.

“What’s wrong?”

“That man you were talking about earlier?”

“Yeah, what about him?”

“He just called me.”

“How?”

“He saw my article online after I posted it an hour or so ago. It didn’t take him long to find me.”

“Yeah, I guess it would be afternoon over there right now, early evening maybe.”

“He said you got some of the names wrong and that he can get the feds off your back by proving our innocence.”

“But I’m not innocent. I already told you I was involved.”

“Yeah, but he said he could help us. We have to go see him.”

“Whoa, hold on a minute. That’s crazy. We don’t know this guy or even what supposed information he has for us. Sounds like a trap to me.”

“I didn’t trust him before, and it blew up in my face. I don’t want to make the same mistake again, Cooper.”

He sat up. I placed my hand on his back, wanting to make love to him in that moment and let the cares of the world fade away.

“Let’s do this. I can pay for us to fly there in the next few days. It’s not going to be easy.”

I sat up, my arm draped around his back.

“Believe me, I remember my last trip to Afghanistan. This might be our only chance to clear your name.”

“If your story keeps spreading, I’ll have to do something. All eyes will be on me. We’ll have to make sure they are seeing the full story.”

“We’ll figure it out,” I said in a consoling tone.

He stood up and walked over to my laptop.

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bsp; “Buying tickets to Afghanistan while naked. That has to be something new,” he said.

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