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She tapped her index finger to her lip, looking thoughtfully at the wall. “I can’t believe how blatant that was. Maybe that’s why they thought no one would think anything of it. Because only an idiot would run things down the chain of command like that.”
“Unless whoever needs us to stop digging into things chose messengers who wouldn’t be traced back to them. You said Clay only knew who told him to talk to you, and you’re certain that he’s not into anything shady?”
I didn’t even have to think about it. “He’s not. Especially not in anything like human trafficking.”
“Which is probably why he was the perfect choice to talk to you. He probably thinks it’s because of some investigation that’s being worked already.”
I nodded. “I didn’t ask him, but that sounds like what he’d think.”
“I trust Agent Matthews,” Jenna said, “and you trust Clay, but I think you and I need to make sure we play things close to the vest. We need to be careful of what we tell even them. We don’t want to put them into a position where they’ll get caught in the middle.”
I loved that she hadn’t even suggested that the smartest thing to do would be to drop the investigation and move elsewhere. Neither one of us were going to walk away from this. If anything, we were both more determined than ever to root out every bit of corruption and filth we could reach.
Those assholes wouldn’t know what hit them.
