18 Chapter 18

While he and Dylan were eating breakfast, Mars called the company to make certain Webb was there. When they got into the city, he dropped Dylan off in an alley, three blocks from his destination, saying, “You can do this.”

Stoutly, Dylan had replied, “I know I can.” He tapped his ear. “And I know you’ll be close and listening.” He had a miniature earbud, with the transmission loop hidden on the back of the watch Alastair and Mars had given him at the same time they’d given him a new phone to replace the one Mars had destroyed when Dylan first met him. If asked, Dylan would tell Webb the watch was the only thing he had left from his time with Tommy and he couldn’t bear to part with it.

Now, after taking a deep breath, Dylan opened the front door to IE Global and walked in. The receptionist, sitting at a desk directly ahead of him, took one look and said, “We don’t give handouts.”

“I’m not looking for one, ma’am. I have to speak with Mr. Webb.”