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I looked back out the , "You still shouldn’t be driving"

His tone changed, "I got this Don’t worry about me Worry about your kids"

My head snapped back, "What is that supposed tofar too fast, "It means you need to do this the best you can I’ll be here for you, but all I can do is hope you have the training you’ll need for this The number one skill of any CI officer is belief You need to believe ‘Cause if you don’t, they won’t either Now take this package inside, go over it and then burn it" He pulled the cab onto my street and parked in my driveith a jerk

"You drive too fast," I snarled and snatched the package I jumped out of the car and slammed the door I ran for my front door, not stealthy like at all

The house was dark and silent I slumped when I closed the front door and pressed my back into it It was too much It was all too ain

I could still shetti my mom had made the kids for dinner I looked up the stairs to where e all the locks Mom and the kids would be on mandatory lockdown

I had no clue how to protect theent with a family

"Fuck!" I whispered into the quiet of the foyer Looking around, I wondered where they were, the bugs and the cae and stored the bathrooms

But what if they had?

Ohmy kids shower and use the bathroom?

My stomach sunk farther Frantically, I rifled the bathroo I ripped it off and tossed it in the toilet I stuck my hand up farther and found the second one There was always a decoy I flushed both and sat down on the lid I wanted to cry I wanted it , but the tears I had shed in the hotel rooers didn’t tre inside of me was the same as it hen I left the house In the place of the pain and self-pity, was resentment and a dirty dose of fury

I shook my head and pulled out the folder, "How could you, James?" I muttered to the folder, "How could you do this to me and the kids?"

The dark-brown folder had one word on the front of it, "Burrow" I didn’t knohat ita ent How could he? I closed er anything

I twirled the locket onThe locket raduation froe at the tient, but when I had ignored hied me not to date James ere discovered I never understood his hate for him

I couldn’t help but wonder, if my dad had seen the man he would become?

I took a breath and wished I had some red wine to drink as I flipped it open At first, it was pictures, surveillance photos of buildings I had never seen No different than what I had looked at a ent

I flipped past the to commit them to memory

Unfortunately, the shows my kids watched everyday had fried my brain somewhat Well, kids’ shows and theSkyri a product before I let ood That daot used to the Xbox controls

My to-do list was balanced in there so with the heartbreak that my kids’ dad was an idiot There was no room for surveillance photos

I closedto be the person I once was I opened theain Warehousesthe yards without guns The pictures were like looking in over the industrial section of any city I couldn’t even say what country it was Nothing stood out

The next pictures were of a ht maybe I knew The next one was of James and the sae The black and white photo showed hi

It wasn’t keeping my attention I needed a snack I put the papers down and went to the kitchen I pickedon the lid to the toilet and then looked around

"Shit," I whispered