Page 63 of Defending Love
I swallowed. “Not a fact I want Larry to report to Ben.”
“I was talking about the couch.”
I chuckled. “Of course you were.”
“Is Larry picking us up?” Dani asked.
“Yes. Currently, other than Jackie at the main office, Larry’s the only one aware of our arrival.”
“And you can trust him?”
“I have.” I moved my suit coat, showing Dani the holster. “Private planes don’t require TSA screenings. I’ll inform Mitchell I still have it when I contact him.”
“What did you do today while I was with Mom?”
With the sound of the engines, and the headphones over our pilots’ ears, I felt more comfortable talking, to a degree. “I went to your mother’s house and set up some new hidden cameras.”
“Who do you expect to see?”
“I hope our FBI guys.” I went on, “The virus I found on your electronics is a searching tool. It’s set to find keywords in your communications, text messages, emails, and even documents.”
Her eyebrows knitted together. “What keywords?”
“We haven’t determined that.”
“But the virus is now gone, right?”
“Yes.”
“You said Mom and Dad’s computer had it too?”
I nodded. “Damien’s and Ella’s also.”
“Did you find out anything else?”
“They’re still working on pinpointing the server. All Guardian could tell me was that the information was being streamed back to the greater Indianapolis area.”
“No.” Dani shook her head. “It’s not Damien.”
“There are roughly two million people in the greater Indianapolis area. Why would your thoughts go to your brother?”
“Because of what you’ve said.” She pressed her lips together.
After a moment of watching clouds, Dani turned back to me and told me about showing the photo album to her mother. The old memories made Marsha happy, so Dani left the photo album with her.
“Did your mom remark on why Derek would have saved those particular photographs?”
She shook her head. “There was one of Dad and Stephen Elliott in college. I’d forgotten that they were roommates their freshman year.”
“Why didn’t Stephen retire when your dad did if they’re the same age?”
“I don’t know. I think he wanted to stay with Sinclair and help Damien succeed.”
“Did you know he and Damien went through your father’s safe right after the incident?” I asked.
“No.” She sat straighter. “Who told you that?”
“Jack.”
