“The works.”
“That’s good; they won’t test you again for at least a year.”
“Probably not, unless I give them cause.”
“Don’t worry; I’ll disappear after this morning, though we can still get together, if you want to.”
“You know I’ll want to. Finish your breakfast; I’m randy.”
THEY LAY BESIDE EACH OTHER, sweating into the motel sheets.
“God, I’d forgotten what it was like,” she said.
“I hadn’t,” Teddy replied.
She turned toward him and rested a cool hand on his belly. “Okay, now that we’ve fucked each other’s brains out, what do you want?”
“Information.”
“You’re not done, yet?”
“Oh, I’m done with assassinating right-wing politicians,” he said. “Now I’m looking for bigger, even more dangerous game.”
“What sort of game?”
“My country’s enemies,” he said.
“I’D BETTER GO FIRST,” Teddy said, after they were both dressed.
“How will you contact me?”
He reached into a pocket and took out a cell phone, wiped it with his handkerchief and laid it on the bed. ”It’s a throwaway, untraceable.“
She nodded and put the phone into her purse. “Don’t call me at work,” she said.
“Of course not. Always after hours.”
“Now that I know what y
ou’re looking for, how do I call you?”
“You don’t. That would be dangerous for both of us. Don’t make any calls on that phone at all. If anyone should ever ask, you found it, tossed it in a drawer. It won’t make a record of incoming calls, it’s a bare-bones device. I’ll be in touch in a day or two. In the meantime, start making mental notes, now that you know the sort of thing I’m looking for.”
She nodded. “When can we see each other again?”
“Soon, but not here. Do you ever have occasion to travel on business?”
“I’m going to New York with Hugh in a couple of days. There’s some sort of meeting.”
“Take the cell phone with you,” Teddy said. They kissed once more, and he was gone. He could trust her, he thought. He hoped so.
FOURTEEN
HOLLY WAS TOSSING A STICK for Daisy on the lawn in the late afternoon when she looked up and saw Lance coming. She had not seen him for a while.
“Good afternoon,” Lance said, strolling up to her and scratching Daisy behind the ears.
“Good afternoon.”