The two men shook hands. “Never sure who’s going to respond to the call out. Glad to have you.” Cam had worked with George Roberts several times before. The man belonged to the STAR-1 civilian team that had an agreement with DCI, and were dispatched through the Story County emergency services. Most recently Roberts had helped on a missing persons’ case Cam had worked involving a missing five-year-old girl. The handler knew what he was doing. “Dr. Mona Kilby is working with us on this investigation.” The name sounded foreign on his tongue but he delivered the falsehood without batting an eye. Before he’d transferred to DCI Cam had worked for DNE, the narcotics enforcement branch. He’d spent more time than he wanted to consider working undercover where his survival depended on his ability to lie convincingly. It was that earlier undercover experience that had landed him on the multi-agency task force a couple years ago. To Sophie he said, “George runs his own marketing firm.”
