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“Okay.” He followed me to our room and sat on the bed while I stripped and put on new clothes. His eyelids were drooping.
“Why don’t you get some sleep. Just an hour or two, then you can go back to helping Julius. Have you heard anything else from that other hacker?”
He nodded. “Yeah. He accepted our offer, which must mean this job is worth a fuck ton of money. He’s been sending us pieces of what he knows, but some of the things he’s waded through are large files that need to be encrypted on his end, then decrypted on our end. It’s slow.”
“Anything on Agent Stone?”
He yawned and shook his head. “No. Nothing yet. We spent most of last night trying to see if any of the account numbers for the deposits made to Amanda’s accounts match hers, but so far, we’ve come up with nothing. We have a plan to keep digging today, though.”
“Good. My gut is telling me she isn’t the mole, but some proof would be nice.”
“Agreed.” Felix yawned again.
Since neither of us had slept in our bed last night, it was still made, though haphazardly, and I pulled the corner of the comforter back. “Come on. Get in and grab a nap.”
Felix stood, pulled off his pants, and climbed under the covers. I wished more than anything that I could climb in with him and hold him in my arms for the rest of the day, but that wasn’t in the cards.
I pulled the blanket up around him and tucked him in. His eyes were already closing, and I pecked a quick kiss to his forehead. “Be careful today. Use Julius’s phone if you need to reach me.”
He nodded without opening his eyes again. “Will do.”
“Sleep well.”
Felix’s only response was a soft snore.
CHAPTER
FOURTEEN
FELIX
“All right!I think we are finally getting somewhere!” Julius shoved back from his desk and spun in his chair.
“What did you find?” I asked, rolling over so I could look at his screens.
“I’ve got a partial file path. It was hidden in one of the files TheUpsideDown sent.”
“Let me see.” I nudged Julius out of the way, and he stood and stretched. “You want anything to eat or drink? I’m going to head up to the kitchen.”
“What time is it?” I asked, not taking my eyes off the document in front of me.
“Oh shit. It’s almost four.”
And Nero still wasn’t back yet. When I’d rolled out of bed at just after eleven, he was gone, so I’d headed downstairs to find Julius, who had been behind his computer. He claimed to have napped too, but with the way he was chugging energy drinks, I’d guessed that was a lie. The glass-fronted minifridge in his office that had been full of red and blue cans last night was now completely empty.
My stomach rumbled. “Bring me whatever you’re having. Except skip the caffeine.”
Julius rolled his bloodshot eyes. “You are no fun. What kind of hacker are you if your blood isn’t ninety-nine percent energy drink?”
“One who’s not going to die of a heart attack.”
“What’s life without a little risk?” Julius tossed the statement over his shoulder as he stepped out of the room.
“Here, here.” Cal pumped a fist as he waltzed into the room and flopped down on the couch. “How are things going down here?”
He’d been down to check in a few times, but he had the annoying habit of talking while we were trying to work, so Julius kept chasing him out. Apparently, he was now going to make himself at home.
“I think we finally have something to go on.”
