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    Moore reached beside him and lifted an aluminum briefcase to the desk. “Now that we’ve gotten the official BS out of the way . . .” He opened it, revealing an iPad and laptop with two burn phones nestled inside. “All info you’ll need is here.” He removed the laptop and iPad and powered them on.
    “The usual security setup?” she said.
    “Yes.” He pushed the devices across his desk.
    Honey pressed a key. “Password?”
    He handed her a three-by-five card. On it he’d written the address of her Cairo apartment. “You can change it, of course.”
    Silently she stroked the keys. He sighed and powered on his own computer.
    “New password set at 10:52,” she said.
    “10:52 new password time logged to security,” he said.
    “What do I have on here?” Honey asked.
    “All of Global’s past and present employees. Contracts, areas of operation, jobs, as complete as we can be.”
    Honey rubbed her temple. “This is a lot to get through by Tuesday.”
    “I’ll come by your place and we can go over it—”
    “No!” It came out sharper than she intended. “Thank you. I want to go over these with fresh eyes. I don’t want your views contaminating my thoughts.” She didn’t want him in her home and she didn’t want him anywhere near her while she sorted out how Jack fit into this and how their relationship affected her investigation. They had a simple arrangement. In their line of work, relationships were hard to maintain and relatively short. Workplace hookups were doomed the moment they began. Dating civilians required lying about your job, where you were when away, even making up fictional families. It created emotional remoteness that killed relationships. Not to mention how worrying about slipping up in the throes of sex or the disorientation of the afterglow could take the fun out of things. She and Jack knew what the other did from the get-go. In the time they carved out to be together, there were no questions. No talk of the past or the future. Only a free, heady feeling of living in the moment, enjoying each other and uncomplicated sex. She learned more in the few lines of his bio than she’d ever known. Now, knowing so little about him and how he would react to her involvement deeply complicated their simple arrangement.
    She took a pastry, examining it a long time, and placed it on a napkin. “Does Bristol have my information? Know what I look like?”
    “Your packet will be emailed this afternoon. No photo, name listed as Major H. K. Thornton, no gender. I doubt he will even open it on a Friday afternoon. It’s a stretch but—”
    “No.” She shook her head slowly. “I agree. Long weekend. He may not even be there today. What about notifying the brother in Tennessee? I don’t want to surprise a spook.”
    “I’ll get a message to the family he should expect a visit from an investigator.”
    “Then I’ve been assigned to the investigation team?”
    “Final names will come out next week.”
    Moore was a talented liar but not talented enough to get it past her. He knew who would be assigned. “I see.” She used her warm, sweet, Southern debutant voice, giving him a smile that was anything but warm and sweet. Honey closed the laptop. “What’s the iPad for?”
    “The review and report forms for Global. You used one before?”
    “Yes.” She swallowed a snarky remark and powered on the device. “The password is the same as the laptop?” He nodded. When it glowed to life she changed the password, put it in the case next to the laptop and reset the lock code. She stood, gathering up her jacket. “Anything else?” She retrieved her uniform from the chair.
    “Yes.” He came around the desk and she allowed him to help her into the jacket. “Keep that temper of yours in check. I don’t want you reaching out and touching anyone and blowing this.”
    She dipped her head, brushed her sleeves and tugged on the jacket hem until she was sure her uniform