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“Greer? Vaughn?” I looked at him as the room spun in circles

There was no way to hold on to the attorney in al expertise I couldn’t keep her locked in and absorb the words at the same time I couldn’t process what he said as part of the law and not as a woman who had learned the unthinkable

“When? When did this happen?” I mustered a feords

“The Senate Defense Committee alerted us to the breach iive me information and then I share information” He tilted his head “There is no question that West was behind the information attack The question is what role you played”

“I think I’ain,” I whispered before as left in my stomach spewed across the table

Chapter Twenty-Three

When I dressed for the flight ho shirt It was supposed to be coent stood behind me in the ladies’ room while I used a scratchy paper towel from the dispenser to try to clean the cheerful fabric I had bought it so I could run at night and be seen by cars The vibrant tangerine was like an arrow pointing to h the halls

She watched un on her hip I washedthe hall, but guided me to a different door

The interior of the room looked the same as the last one, only it wasn’t filled with the stench of sickness

I sipped on a bottle of water while Agent Kenneth waited for me

The agent was noearing a T-shirt I had soiled his suit and the red tie I had never vomited on anyone A part of me believed he was responsible It was his fault he was down to an undershirt I didn’t owe hiled my happiness just as severely as if his hands were clasped aroundthe breath from my body

My fingers trembled as I fastened the lid to the bottle

“Are you ready to continue?” He wasn’t harsh, but I didn’t detect sympathy

My stomach hurt My clothes smelled despitefroation room with no s to the outside world No I didn’t want to continue But the only way out was to comply I knew that much

“I-I guess”