Chapter 4

“I’m aware of that. I’ve been trying to find him for the past two hours.” Knowing he liked to make an appearance, I hadn’t worried that I’d missed him. “A couple of officers said something about being surprised he hadn’t shown up.”

“He won’t be showing up, either.”

Well, fuck.

“My date let slip that Holmes was at another affair being hosted by a certain senator who is known and unloved by all of us.”

“That’s interesting.”

“Yes. Apparently it was a last minute thing too. Holmes had been angling for an invitation for months and had been routinely snubbed.”

“And then all of a sudden he was invited?” That was even more interesting.

“And let me tell you Richard Custiss wasn’t happy about it. He had plans for me to impress Holmes.”

“Why would someone in Financial Management want to get involved with Counterterrorism?”

She raised an eyebrow.

“What?”