he’d ever known and he had no one to talk to about it.
Logan had been right. Andy Wallaby had no friends. He glanced around the office to try and determine if anyone there would like to get a drink. He realized they wouldn’t. They didn’t like him. They weren’t his friends.
He wondered if there was someone he could go to with the information he’d been gathering. He realized that was a no-go as well. Even though Logan was less popular than he was among the team, he wrote all their paychecks. Andy was just the nerdy guy—a drone in the background. Replaceable.
Fuller might care. But he didn’t know her well enough to be sure. He just knew she’d changed after her time at Hudson’s. She was quieter. Less inclined to mouth off or tell what was going on. She kept her casework to herself.
Maybe it was the lack of trust. They had just kind of left her there for dead. But maybe she knew something. Spending enough time with Hudson would lead to information. At least he would assume so.
He debated on whether or not he should call her. Meet with her. He wanted to share this with someone, but he wasn’t sure she was trustworthy. She still worked for Logan. Would her paycheck override her moral compass?
He’d learned of her past. Her lack of family. Lack of friends. They were a lot alike for different reasons. He had gone into the ATF for similar reasons as she had. He wanted to take out the bad guys. Not because he’d lost someone close, but because his father had been one of them. And his father had never had to pay for what he’d done.
But when it came down to it, would she believe him? It was hard for those who tended to uphold the laws to realize that the people they worked with, the ones vowing to do the same, were the ones breaking them.
He knew she had no love for Logan since day one. Maybe he could give her a call and she’d listen. Hell, maybe she had answers he didn’t.
Finally a smile erupted. Andy Wallaby had a plan. He’d talk to Agent Fuller. They’d compile what they needed and they’d take down Brent Logan once and for all. Then she could move on with her life and he could get his job back.
Something was going to work out this time. Andy was going to get the karma he deserved and not the karma that everyone else deserved. His mom would be proud of him and he’d be able to step out and get the life he’d just that minute decided he wanted.
Most of all, justice would prevail. Because that’s the way it was supposed to work. That was what led him to being an agent and led him to discovering what he’d been finding out. He was never fired for false information. He was fired because Logan knew. He may as well use that to get the truth out.
Agent Logan had set up one of his own for a suicide mission yet she left from Asher Hudson unharmed. Why? That was the part that Wallaby needed to know to finish the puzzle. That was what would tell him how deep into this mess his boss had been.
CHAPTER 8
“I admit it doll,” Hudson smiled, “I didn’t expect you to come back to me.”
“It’s not what you think,” she rolled her eyes. “I need help with work.”
“Obviously.” He turned and walked towards the cheap sofa in the corner. “And I’m the only one you trust. Not long ago you were here because taking me in was your work. Now you want me to trust you?”
“Why wouldn’t you trust me?” Melissa was offended at the implication.
“You had me confide in you. Then you left.”
“You think that was a game? That any of…this…was a game?”
“What would you call this? Do you often seduce your suspects?”
“I did not seduce you.”
“But you still want me.”
“What?”
“You still want me.”
“And why do you think that?”
“Because you dressed differently,” he began. “Sexier. You have cleavage showing. Lots of it. Your jeans are a bit tighter. The way
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