“If he did they would know,” opined Edgar. “The Pentagon does get hacked, but they quickly realize if they have been.”
Michelle looked doubtful but said, “Okay, if that’s the case what do we do now? Who’s our focus? Do we go to Trevor Jenkins’s place and poke around?”
Sean said, “The FBI has been all over it. And I highly doubt he’s going to come back there to pick up some clean clothes. He’s probably in Venezuela by now on his way to disappearing permanently. His share of a billion euros buys that kind of vanishing act.”
“Couldn’t hurt,” said Michelle. “Unless you have a better idea.”
“I knew you were going to say that,” he replied.
She rose and pulled out her keys. “So let’s go fishing.”
CHAPTER
82
THEY DROVE TOWARD JENKINS’S HOUSE. It was dark now and the wind was picking up. The skies promised more rain and soon. Michelle shivered a bit and glanced over at Sean.
“I never thanked you properly,” she said.
“For what?” he asked curiously.
She looked incredulous. “Oh, I don’t know. Saving my life?”
“You saved your own life, Michelle. I just suggested how you might want to go about it.”
“You’re a hard man to compliment.”
“At least you weren’t stabbed this time. It was just the threat of drowning.”
“Are you going to go all grim on me again?”
He sighed and tried but failed to force a smile.
“Sean, we’ve had this discussion before.”
“And never had a resolution to it.”
“There is no resolution to it if we keep doing what we’re doing. And forget your suggestion that you keep being a PI while I go bake cookies.”
“I didn’t suggest that you bake cookies.”
“Good, because I suck at baking. You’re the cook, not me.”
He was about to respond to this when he glanced out the window and it finally hit him.
“Damn,” he muttered.
“What is it?” asked Michelle.
“You remember when we staked out South’s place before and I said it felt funny when we were driving through some of the neighborhoods?”
“Yeah, like you’d been here before but couldn’t remember when or why.”
“Well, I think I just remembered both. Only I really hope I’m wrong.”
“Is this about Grant?”
“No, this is about the leak.”