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there were no signs of the “three brainless apes” the informant had said were guarding the front door. Moving in formation, they approached the house with Greene in the lead while the uniforms held back near the gate.
    Greene knocked on the door and announced, “DEA, open up!” He shouted it twice, and then they used the battering ram to shatter the door open. Going inside with their guns drawn, they did a search of the house top to bottom. It was a quick search, considering the whole house was only about eleven hundred square feet. Greene gave the all clear and then the real search began. That, too, was a bust. Whoever Gil Sanchez had gone to see hadn’t left so much as a piece of trash behind.
    “Damn,” Greene said, frustrated. “We should have come out as soon as I talked to the driver.”
    “What time was that?” Gray asked him.
    “About eleven o’clock,” he estimated.
    Gray looked at Freeman, and then back at the other agent, and said, “That would’ve been too late as well. Our meeting was over by 8:30.” And Samuel had already been on the phone.

Chapter Six
    Buns in the Oven
    Sutherland Springs, Texas
    Tuesday Afternoon
     
    Worried about her brother, Eva had called Zack after talking to Hank. Her brother’s safety was the most important thing to her. She’d naturally find it very difficult to say goodbye to him if he was placed into Witness Protection, but she’d rather have her brother alive than dead. If she couldn’t convince him Witness Protection was his best option, she hoped Zack could. Her brother admired Zack. Knowing this, Zack had told her to send Hank to their house while he waited for Gray.
    After giving her brother the invite, she returned to the phone. “Hanks says you’re the best boyfriend in-law ever.”
    “Yeah, well, tell him his sister will thank me later,” Zack baited.
    “She will?” she said with a giggle. “How will she do that… exactly?”
    “Oh, well, I didn’t want to get into details and get you all hot and bothered while you were at work, but if you insist…”
    Eva thought better of it and stopped him. “Whoa, we better wait. I don’t want you hot and bothered at work either.”
    “In my case,” he told her, “I could just go in the locker room and take a cold shower.”
    “We’ll just hold off,” she insisted. “It’s a good sign they asked you to stay on for the afternoon. Let’s not ruin your reputation at work just yet.”
    “Okay,” he said with a sigh, “but I expect my payment tonight, or you’ll owe me interest and penalties.”
    “Oh… penalties…” she said with a big smile.
    When she hung up, Hank shook his head. “You two are disgusting.”
    She giggled again. “Jealous.”
    “Ugh! You’re my sister.”
    “Ew!” she exclaimed. “I didn’t mean like that. I meant you’re jealous that we’re so happy.”
    “Oh, yeah,” he admitted. “I am, a little bit.”
    ***
    After Hank left for her house, Eva threw herself into her work, thankful when the clock struck one-thirty. She went straight to meet Trish at Wendy’s. Her headache had subsided after talking to Zack. He was a miracle worker. She wanted a clear head while talking to Trish, who was already waiting for her when she got there.
    “Hey girl,” Eva greeted when she found her sitting in a booth near the back. Then she saw Trish’s face. “Oh my goodness, what’s wrong?”
    Trish put on a forced smile. “Nothing, really.” But she looked like she wasn’t sure herself. Her eyes had a faraway glaze to them, and she looked pale.
    Eva sat down across from her. “What did Tyler do? Do I need to go kick his ass?”
    Trish laughed. “No, but he did do something. He got me pregnant. I threw up before I went to work this morning, and yesterday I was so nauseated that I could hardly even get out of bed. I finally decided to buy a test on my way in today. I just took it, here, in the bathroom.”
    “Oh, Trish!” Eva said. She wasn’t sure how her friend felt