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“Do you know how he came to be in the CIA?” I ask again.
“What story did he tell you, Ashley?”
I grimace. “It’s not a story. It’s the truth. He was an attorney, a public prosecutor. He went after a kingpin in a cartel at all costs and won. Except, he was in danger and the CIA recruited him.”
Now Smith grimaces. “He was a damn assassin for the CIA.”
“I know who he was, who he is. He still is that man. I know he’s killed. I know he can kill. I know.”
“He killed Mick’s wife and two kids.”
“He didn’t know the wife and kids would be there.”
“You believe that shit?” he challenges.
“I do, Smith, and if you gave him a chance, if you got to know him, you would, too.”
“Ashley—”
“You left me in a hellish life alone. Why do you even care, Smith?”
He sucks in a breath and stands up, walking around the coffee table to stand at the fireplace, his back to me, his shoulders tense. “Ashley—”
“It’s okay,” I say, standing up as he turns to face me. “We were friends, not lovers. We weren’t in love, Smith. I couldn’t love anyone but him, and you knew it.”
“I should have changed that.” He steps to the opposite side of the table again. “I regret—”
“Don’t. I’m not the one for you, but I am your friend. Please be mine.”
“Damn it, that’s what I’m trying to be. A good friend and friends don’t always say what you want to hear.”
“Is there nothing in your military career, or even your career with Walker, that you regret?”
He cuts his stare, swallows hard before he looks at me again. “We aren’t talking about me.”
“Why? Why are you different than Aaron?”
“Aaron or Noah?”
“He can’t be Noah. It’s dangerous.”
“And yet he told you his name was Noah. Doesn’t that sound strange?”
“Look him up. Call your people. The Noah story is true.”
“He’s not even in the CIA database,” he snaps.
“Because they’re trying to kill him!” I argue. “Adam told us all that he was setup.”
“Mick is trying to kill him,” he says, ignoring my comments about Adam.
“Mick is in the CIA,” I remind him.
“Mick doesn’t control the higher-ups.”
“You know this how?” I challenge.
“I’ve seen a lot of dirty CIA agents.”
