"You didn't mention Dale wanted me to play dead." "I'm not here to babysit you any more than you're here to play safe. You were going to do what was best for the case whether or not he ordered you to hide," Ryan said upon reaching the doorway. Damn right. "Besides, we had other things to discuss at the time." He leaned on the doorframe with a maddening half-smile on his lips. Amanda cocked her head to the side. "You could have saved yourself the argument in the short term. Deflected, so I'd call my lieutenant first thing. You didn't." He raised an eyebrow. "What was said needed to be said." "So, not because you knew it'd be worse later, then." She reached behind the nightstand and yanked the land line from the wall. "Not entirely." He cleared his throat as she grabbed the power cord. "We weren't done." "No," Amanda agreed. She gathered the phone in her hands, then turned to him. "First round of targets are covered.
