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Didn’t see any lines.
Didn’t spot any bait.
Oh shit.
Oh shit!
What iftheyfound something?!
What ifthey foundwhat it is we’re looking for?!
What if they’re looking for it too?!
My hasty movements don’t cease until my hands are wrapping around the edges of the ladder to aid in foisting me back onto the boat.
“Shit!” screeches Zero, nearly falling out of the deck chair he was catching sun in.“Don’t just jump on the boat like a baby orca!”
I rip the piece out of my mouth, focused on the actual announcement I need to make as opposed to a witty rebuttal, “We have a problem.”
“What?”Garcia inquires at the same time he creeps away from the helm towards where we are.“What do you mean we have a problem?”His tequila glass free hand slides into his pocket.“With like the boat?”
“With like someone trying to kill me.”
Chapter 11
Zero
I decline the French fry Salay is offering with a quick shake of the head, fingers hovering anxiously above the keys to my “in case of an emergency” laptop that I always keep in the car for code red sitches.“I need more info.”
She casually dips the object in cocktail sauce and shrugs.“Yeah, I don’thavemore info, Little One.”An open mouth bite is taken.“I told you what I could on theship.I repeated myself in myjeep.And now at thetable.” The smacking sound should be gross, but I find it oddly cute.Maybe because she’s the complete opposite of the man on the other side of her who typically drinks more than he eats.Like he has been all day.“Would you like me to draw you a picture in ketchup?”
Her attitude?
Very Maine Coon.
Very playful.
Generally fucking welcomed.
Right now?
Not so much.
I need her on some big tiger shit.
I need her fucking focused and territorial and ferocious.
Someone tried to.Fucking.Kill.Her.
Shit just got very survival of the fittest.
And I want her to survive.
Need her to.
“You probablydohave more info than you realize,” I gingerly begin.“Happens all the time.”
“Eyewitness testimony is some of the most unreliable,” Garcia argues without bothering to look from his device.“Yes.The human brain is similar to a computer; however, it does not contain a flawless hard drive.It alters ‘files’ based on beliefs, new information, trauma, and even suggestibility.”
