“No, not directly. The other agent said she would ask the Reed Hawthorne Security group to help. My ears perked up, naturally.”
“Naturally?”
“Of course. I was already investigating them in relation to Stacy Hawthorne.”
“Why her? Why not some other topic?” Savvy asks.
Peter shrugs. “She reached out to me, and I thought her case was compelling.”
Compelling my ass.
“Huh, that’s not what I thought you’d say,” Savvy says.
“And what did you think I’d say?”
Savvy takes a sip of coffee and then slowly puts the cup down, making Peter wait. “I thought you’d say you are pursuing this because she’s your sister.”
Peter stills.
“And you’d do anything for your sister,” Savvy continues.
Peter cracks his neck.
“It’s true. Stacy is my sister. But I believe her. She told me Reed set her up. Then I heard this agent wanting to use RHS to help with some cartel issue, so I did my research.”
“How are you two doing? Need anything else?” a waiter asks.
“No, we’re good,” Savvy says. She takes another sip of coffee. “Explain this to me. You were investigating what happened to Stacy, and then you moved to me working with the cartel. Why?”
Peter sighs. “I thought you listened to the podcast?”
“I did.”
He holds out his hands as if to say, “That’s it.” Savvy repeats the same gesture back to him.
“Okay, I also overheard the FBI was investigating a mannamed Bob Kuffel. I looked him up and found he had two people working for him, you, and someone else. I dug deeper and found you were friends with the sister of a man who works for Reed.”
Savvy crosses her arms. “How did you find out I was friends with Maria?”
Peter grins. “I followed you.”
Savvy sits up taller.
“Don’t worry, it was only to see who you know.”
Damn, this guy has no idea how creepy he really is.
“And how did you know who works for Reed? That wasn’t public information,” Savvy says.
She’s right, it wasn’t. Reed doesn’t share our information, and when we are on assignment, we go by our call names. So, how did this guy get all of that information?
“Stacy gave me all the names I would need to investigate, including everyone working at RHS. Anyway, once I made the connection back to RHS, I knew Reed and all you guys would be helping this Bob and the cartel and not the FBI.” Peter leans back and smiles.
“Why would you think they would help Bob?”
He leans forward. “Because I overheard their meeting.”
“Whose meeting?” Savvy asks.
