Total pages in book: 155
Estimated words: 146417 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 732(@200wpm)___ 586(@250wpm)___ 488(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 146417 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 732(@200wpm)___ 586(@250wpm)___ 488(@300wpm)
“She told you she’s no longer working with the group?” Adam asked.
“I believe her. Look, I haven’t actually messaged her in a couple of months. Some of the old crew checks in every now and then.” Hutch pulled out his cell phone and offered it up to Adam. “Here. I’ll let you go through everything I have.”
Tag shook his head. “I believe you. I wasn’t really upset. I think I have resting dad face now. I called you in because Solo got a message a couple of days ago to look for Reva.”
Hutch’s eyes widened. “Shit. That’s not good. Why would anyone look for her? Like I said, she hasn’t done anything for years.”
“Did Reva specialize in anything?” Charlotte asked.
Hutch nodded. “She was an animal activist. She liked to prove that some of the makeup companies who said they weren’t testing on animals were merely allowing third parties to do it for them.”
“So she used to hack corporations?” Kim started to put some things together. “Here in the US?”
“Nah, she was somewhere in Europe at the time. She was from the States, but she was living over in Germany when I knew her. We bonded because we both came from military families and had knocked around the globe a lot,” Hutch explained.
All of her alarms were starting to go off. “Did she ever do side projects? Hire out her skills?”
“We all did. I stopped when I went to work for Ten. But the rest of the People all had side hustles. Most of them worked in IT, but they weren’t necessarily above doing some shady shit for cash.” Hutch’s eyes brightened. “Hey, you know it was about ten years ago that Reva got out. She told me she had a big job and she was cutting all her ties and doing the family thing.”
Tag stared down, his dad face definitely on display. “And she was in Europe and she liked to hack corporations like pharmaceutical companies.”
Hutch nodded again. “Yep.”
“And she got a big job ten years ago and someone magically put her name in front of Solo.” Tag seemed determined to lead his puppy to water.
“Yeah, it’s weird, huh?” Hutch asked.
It was a good thing Hutch was cute. “All right. We need to find her and figure out what she knows about the original Kronberg job. I can tell you right now that Levi would have had to go outside the Agency to fake those records.”
“We’re talking about the records Tucker stole from Kronberg? The ones we found in Paris seven years ago?” Adam had his tablet out and he was using a pen to write some notes on it.
Charlotte had perked up, too. “The ones that supposedly proved Solo was working with Hope McDonald? Yeah, I always wondered how he managed that. He was good with a computer, but he wasn’t that good.”
“Levi always hired out his IT work. Normally he would have used someone like Hutch when he was working for the Agency. But he wouldn’t want anyone to know about this. And he’s a smooth talker. A hacktivist looking to make some cash would be perfect because he would have something over her.” When she thought about it, using someone connected to the People’s Revolution would be perfect. Anyone working for a group like that would be vulnerable.
Hutch’s jaw dropped slightly. “Hey, do you guys think Reva might have done that job for Levi?”
Tag groaned and looked to his wife. “Are you sure about sending him?”
Charlotte waved him off. “Noelle is smart enough for both of them. Now, let’s talk about why and who would have sent this to you. How did you get the note and do you still have it?”
“Of course. It’s one of the only things I brought with me from Malta. It showed up the same day Levi did.” When she wasn’t going over all the ways living with Beck for three months was a mistake, she was thinking about this.
“How was it delivered?” Tag asked.
“Courier. I’ve got the envelope. It’s in my purse in the office Charlotte showed me.” She’d dropped it off at the desk she’d been assigned. “I’ll go grab it. I assume you can try to hunt down who sent it to me.”
Adam nodded. “And I’ll also try to figure out where Reva is hanging her hat these days. Hutch, I know you’re supposed to protect the identities of your former friends.”
Hutch had stood, and he was focused now. “If she worked for Levi and someone knows it, she’s in danger. She’s got a family. We need to find her and move her somewhere safe.”
“Good, then we have a plan.” Kim wished she was more eager to get on the case. At one point in her life she would have felt adrenaline running through her veins, but now she worried. “I’ll go grab it.”