King and Maxwell (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell 6)
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“Yeah, but we got a government genius to hack a private account for us. Isn’t that illegal?”
“We also have the permission of the account holder to investigate. Tyler did hire us.”
“And he also fired us,” Michelle reminded him.
“A technicality only.”
“So you say.”
“I am a lawyer.”
“And lawyers are full of bullshit. In fact, they charge more for that.”
“If they break our doors down, I think we’ll have enough of a defense to escape any real trouble.”
Michelle feigned a smile. “Five years in prison versus ten, what a relief.”
“I tend to believe that the email came from Sam Wingo. Which means the Army is lying its collective ass off.”
Michelle said, “But what was he sorry for and why did he want his son’s forgiveness?”
“For lying to him? For getting into this mess and causing Tyler to suffer?” suggested Sean.
“Okay, but that leaves us with hunches and not a lot of paths to follow them up.”
“We have Tyler. We have Kathy. We have Dana. And we have DTI,” noted Sean.
“Let’s go with the low-hanging fruit first.”
“Dana?” said Sean.
“I was thinking Kathy.”
“You want to split up?”
“I’ll take Dana. You take Kathy.”
“You’re kidding, right?” he said.
“Am I?” she said, staring at him.
“Kathy doesn’t know me. And it might be a little awkward for me to be meeting a high school girl.”
“Okay, let’s partner up on both then. I’ve always wanted to meet your ex.”
“Always?”
“Always since yesterday.”
“She might not know anything yet. It hasn’t been very long.”
“From what you said, she can be very persuasive, particularly with her choice in clothes.”
“Why don’t you text Kathy first? If she’s found something out we can meet her. I’ll text Dana.”
“And DTI?”
“I’d love to hit those folks, but DoD has to be watching them.”