“Whatever you find.”
I slammed the phone down on the desk after ending the call. This kind of shit was the reason I’d stayed an independent contractor as long as I did. It was also
the reason I hadn’t gone into intelligence full-time. Cattle never made me want to punch a hole in a wall. Well, maybe sometimes, but never as much as humans did.
“Everything okay?” Mila asked when I came back and sat on the sofa next to her.
“Tell me about your friend.”
“Adler?”
“Yep.”
“There isn’t much to tell.”
“How do you know him?”
“He’s a neighbor. He lives in my building. Actually, it’s the other way around. I live in his building. His family owns it.”
“Are you lovers?” That probably wasn’t something Rile needed to know, but I did.
Her eyes opened wide, and she stared at me.
“I warned you.”
“You warned me that my sister’s sex life would be scrutinized, not mine.”
“So you are lovers.” Even I knew I was being a dick about it, but for whatever reason, I couldn’t let it go.
Her shoulders tightened. “I didn’t say that.”
“You also didn’t say you weren’t.”
“It isn’t any of your business.”
I decided to take a different tack since Mila was obviously not willing to give me a straight answer. “What does he do?”
“For a living?”
I nodded.
“I don’t really know.”
“No job?”
I caught a momentary flinch, which Mila quickly masked. What was that all about?
“He manages the building.”
“Maintenance? That sort of thing?”
“He hires people to do maintenance. He also travels on business from time to time.”
“What about you, Miss Knight? What do you do for a living?”
“I was a music instructor.”
“You aren’t any longer?”