doesn’t mean that I like your idea. I think it’s a really dumb idea.”
She laughed. “Maybe it is, but I’m going with it. Besides, with what’s on that flash drive I won’t need witness protection once it goes public.”
“Public? No, I don’t think the Feds are going for that.”
“I don’t think the Feds are the best option here. If I can get this thing to a news outlet, at least a copy of it, the list goes public with all the information and I won’t have to cower in fear. We can still get the evidence to the Feds, but at least this way whoever else is behind this thing, whoever has managed to not end up on that list—and I’m sure that’s still a lot of people who didn’t end up there—they’ll be afraid to come after me. This is my plan, Alex. I think it’s going to work.”
“It might,” he admitted. “It’s risky, but it just might work. Let me talk it over with the guys. We know some people we can trust and I think Preston has some media connections. I think we can make this work. I hope we can make this work.”
She hoped so too. It was her idea that it could work. Nobody would risk coming after her, or so she thought, once the list was out. Right now, the people on that list wanted to stop it from becoming public knowledge. Even if she gave it to the Feds she wasn’t sure the flash drive would just vanish and then she and her dad would still end up dead. This way—her way—meant the list would come out publically. The evidence would be out there, on the Net, in the newspapers and on every network nationally, maybe even internationally too. The thing they’re willing to kill for will already be out there. Maybe that would buy her, and her father, freedom from the fear of catching a bullet one day.
Alex didn’t like the idea of keeping Carissa out of the protection program; it was too dangerous, but on the other end of things she did have a point. If they took the information public she stood a better chance at staying safe than she did if they just pushed everything into the legal proceedings arena. She would probably never make it to court. Preston and Micah had agreed as well and with all four members of the team in agreement the cards were dealt; now they had to play them. They needed to win this one. Her life depended on it.
With the risks hanging over their heads, he, Carissa and Jet headed back to Texas. He could have kept her in that cabin forever because she was safe there, but that would have just been avoiding the issue and he didn’t go in for avoidance when it came to things like this. Meet them head on, fast and hard, was his motto. There was no room for fear because fear would get them killed.
They met up with Preston while Micah handled the business of keeping the men who were watching their office busy. Preston had told him the guys in the car were definitely federal. The guy acting like a vagrant on the street corner was probably one of the OTG members; in fact he was sure of that. So, as easily as he breathed, Preston gave both watchers the slip, leaving Micah behind to provide just enough activity to keep them busy with him as not to risk having their mission of the day disrupted.
The boat was easy to acquire, thanks to the extensive group of friends Jet had. It wasn’t as if they had appropriated funds to buy one of their own. The plane was a necessity; the boat would have just been a toy and there wasn’t room in the budget for unnecessary toys.
“So we’re here, dead smack in the middle of Lake Georgetown, what’s next, Carissa?” Alex and Jet turned at the same time. Alex heartbeat tripled from arousal and the possessive streak that hit him like a hurricane wave. “What are you doing?” He growled.
“Taking my clothes off,” she said as if that should have been obvious. Well it was obvious actually. She was stripping down to her bra and panties. “I’m not going in the water fully clothed or
She laughed. “Maybe it is, but I’m going with it. Besides, with what’s on that flash drive I won’t need witness protection once it goes public.”
“Public? No, I don’t think the Feds are going for that.”
“I don’t think the Feds are the best option here. If I can get this thing to a news outlet, at least a copy of it, the list goes public with all the information and I won’t have to cower in fear. We can still get the evidence to the Feds, but at least this way whoever else is behind this thing, whoever has managed to not end up on that list—and I’m sure that’s still a lot of people who didn’t end up there—they’ll be afraid to come after me. This is my plan, Alex. I think it’s going to work.”
“It might,” he admitted. “It’s risky, but it just might work. Let me talk it over with the guys. We know some people we can trust and I think Preston has some media connections. I think we can make this work. I hope we can make this work.”
She hoped so too. It was her idea that it could work. Nobody would risk coming after her, or so she thought, once the list was out. Right now, the people on that list wanted to stop it from becoming public knowledge. Even if she gave it to the Feds she wasn’t sure the flash drive would just vanish and then she and her dad would still end up dead. This way—her way—meant the list would come out publically. The evidence would be out there, on the Net, in the newspapers and on every network nationally, maybe even internationally too. The thing they’re willing to kill for will already be out there. Maybe that would buy her, and her father, freedom from the fear of catching a bullet one day.
Alex didn’t like the idea of keeping Carissa out of the protection program; it was too dangerous, but on the other end of things she did have a point. If they took the information public she stood a better chance at staying safe than she did if they just pushed everything into the legal proceedings arena. She would probably never make it to court. Preston and Micah had agreed as well and with all four members of the team in agreement the cards were dealt; now they had to play them. They needed to win this one. Her life depended on it.
With the risks hanging over their heads, he, Carissa and Jet headed back to Texas. He could have kept her in that cabin forever because she was safe there, but that would have just been avoiding the issue and he didn’t go in for avoidance when it came to things like this. Meet them head on, fast and hard, was his motto. There was no room for fear because fear would get them killed.
They met up with Preston while Micah handled the business of keeping the men who were watching their office busy. Preston had told him the guys in the car were definitely federal. The guy acting like a vagrant on the street corner was probably one of the OTG members; in fact he was sure of that. So, as easily as he breathed, Preston gave both watchers the slip, leaving Micah behind to provide just enough activity to keep them busy with him as not to risk having their mission of the day disrupted.
The boat was easy to acquire, thanks to the extensive group of friends Jet had. It wasn’t as if they had appropriated funds to buy one of their own. The plane was a necessity; the boat would have just been a toy and there wasn’t room in the budget for unnecessary toys.
“So we’re here, dead smack in the middle of Lake Georgetown, what’s next, Carissa?” Alex and Jet turned at the same time. Alex heartbeat tripled from arousal and the possessive streak that hit him like a hurricane wave. “What are you doing?” He growled.
“Taking my clothes off,” she said as if that should have been obvious. Well it was obvious actually. She was stripping down to her bra and panties. “I’m not going in the water fully clothed or
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