Page 32 of Allie's Shelter
“Yeah?”
He tried to listen to Eva, but it was tough to focus with the taste of Allie fresh on his lips.
She looked jittery, in a good way, as she straightened her top and pushed at the hairstyle that wasn’t out of place. He understood the feeling. He turned around to give her a sense of privacy and boost his concentration.
Eva was rattling off names, three letter acronyms, and details so fast, he had to ask her to start over.
“Come on, boss. You remember the chick with the Taser?”
“Yes.”
“While I was in there playing nice with the sheriff like you asked, an FBI Special Agent In Charge from Columbia arrived to pick her up. They are seriously unhappy people. Does someone dock their pay if they smile?”
He ignored that. “Where are you?”
“I’m parked at the courthouse.”
Where she’d have a perfect view of anyone coming or going from the sheriff’s office.
“What did you hear?”
“Pretty much everything.”
Her ability to eavesdrop unnoticed was one of the many reasons he’d hired her. Being multi-lingual, a computer geek genius, and loyal to him beyond reason were a few more.
“Are you planning to share the details any time soon?”
“Gang connection. Her prints popped for armed robbery and—”
“Which gang?” He felt Allie’s attention land on him and he turned to meet her worried gaze.
“Same one we discussed earlier.”
“What did Cochran do?”
“Released her to them. Apparently she got probation for the armed robbery and she was supposed to help them bust up a forgery racket, but she detoured down here instead.”
“With her buddy, the dead guy.”
“That’s my take on it.”
He listened as Eva related the sheriff’s reaction to the news and denied her request to follow the FBI. “They’re going back to the city. Following them will only annoy them. There’s not enough traffic on these roads to effectively hide a tail and they know that.”
“Fine.” Her disappointment was clear. “And if I’m not following them, it will be easier for them to spot the ‘dork and dorkier’ team who is.”
It had to be the same team who’d fallen for the tossed cell phone earlier, and he gave her a description of the car to verify.
“That’s them.”
“Crap.”
“You want me to follow them?”
“No.” Eva was good, but Rick was better when it came to going unnoticed by the target. Too bad Rick was half way to Virginia to check out bank cameras and coroner reports. “I’ll call in a favor and see what I can shake loose.”
More disappointment from Eva, but he knew how to cheer her up. “Hey, in case my favor doesn’t pay up, see what you can find online about the agents and their new prisoner.”
“Can I hack the—”