She reached for the radio and turned the volume a bit higher. She moved to the bathroom, flipped on the second overhead fan for more interference. Then, she sidled closer to Gaspar and lowered her voice.“Yesterday, Neagley invited us to ask more questions after we reviewed those files she gave us on Dixon and O’Donnell. So I called her this morning. They said she’s out of town. Return date open.”Gaspar snorted. “Three guesses where she went.”Kim shrugged. “Two options: Nowhere or somewhere, right? But we’ll find her soon enough. I need to confirm something else quickly before we go.”She meant to tread carefully. Because they’d been ordered not to use official resources at all, every time they did so they were violating orders. Which was not great, but she felt it was justified under the circumstances—though putting their colleagues in harm’s way wasn’t justified. She wouldn’t do it. So she’d use her personal connections inside the FBI and at other agencies sparingly, and with the utmost care.This was doubly true with her partner and his connections.Ultimately, Agents Otto and Gaspar would be forced to testify about this investigation when it went south, assuming they survived.
