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"Liam told my sister to shop for you," Derek explains before I can ask "She’s an overachiever when it coon my mind at the moer"

Derek snorts "My sister going on a wild shopping spree is just another day of the week She was the perfect tool to get you what you needed Believe er"

Lia on the table in front of me, and I’m surprised by the unfaaze lifts and connects with his "What is this?" I ask and the pull between us iss frolance at Tellar "Why didn’t you just use my suitcase?"

He makes a face "Suitcase? There was no suitcase There was no bag at all"

"There was a suitcase," I assure him and concerned about what its absenceto find nothing but a few clothes, toiletries, and that’s it

"Not what you expected?" Liam asks

I shakeI told you about was in the room The notes Weeks and weeks of research into one"

Liam moves the duffel off the table and settles into the chair directly across from me "We have months of research we’ve done too We can recreate yours Maybe we already have"

"We can’t recreate the ru the back of his neck "I’ looked disturbed so he assu the PI’s activity before we ca that leads us to answers"

"I’ll take any answers I can get And it’s not your fault I was afraid to carry the documents with me and have them stolen from my backpack that wasn’t locked up Obviously, that was a bad call"

"It’s okay--" Lia as I continue "No, it is not okay Stop saying everything is okay It is what it is and what it is is not okay The notes could have helped us track down my handler"

"Handler?" Liah, and clearly, I’s "It’s what I call the stranger who helped ape at Liam "I trusted you with that inforetic as ever, he doesn’t so much as blink at my irritation "His cousin works for the Feds He can run it through the federal data base and see if it gets any hits"