Ruby smiled and tipped her head at Wade.“Ask him.Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go have a smoke.”She picked up her drink, rose from the table, and sauntered away with a swish of her hips, sipping on her rye.
Everyone looked at Wade, who chuckled and shook his head.“Talk about a mic drop.”
“Grandma’s favorite kind of exit,” Candace said, then smacked Wade gently on the shoulder.“Come on.What the hell was she talking about, bunkers?”
His dark eyes danced with humor.“It’s not classified anymore, but even if I told you, you’d never believe it.”
“Try me.The drama is strong in our family.”
Wade took a sip of his beer and lowered the bottle back to the table.“The CIA was growing more and more suspicious about the Soviets toward the end of WWII, so they decided to take precautions and set up an intel network across the country.It included a system of underground bunkers in remote areas that served as bomb shelters, storage facilities, and think tanks.”
Candace’s dark brown eyes widened.“My grandmother was part of a secret CIA program?”
“Must have been, because there’s no other explanation for how she knew the program name and the bunker’s location.”Wade picked up his beer again, a low laugh rumbling out of him.“Your grandma’s the shit.”
Well, hell.Ryan tugged his wife into his lap and grinned so wide his cheeks hurt.Apparently Ruby had been holding out on them all this time.
SEVEN
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Ican’t believe your grandma was a WWII spy!”
Candace rolled her eyes at Ryan as they stepped into the elevator hand in hand, having just left dinner a few minutes ago.He sounded so excited and impressed, but she was more concerned about the possibility that Ryan and the others had stumbled across something dangerous.
“So what, now you’re her number one fan or something?”
“I told you, she’s growing on me.And come on, how freaking amazing is that?Ruby a badass CIA operative.”He chuckled to himself as he hit the button for the fourth floor.
“I’m sure she wasn’t anactualspy.You know how she likes to tell stories, and even the real ones are embellished.Maybe she had one too many drinky-poos and decided to use a little poetic license with this one to give it more...flair.”Or something.
“Nah, she’s the real deal, Wade said so.It’s so awesome,” he muttered under his breath, then grinned.
It wasn’t awesome, it was bizarre and Candace couldn’t picture it.She was definitely calling her dad in the morning to get answers.
Just as they entered their suite, her phone rang.She dug it out of her purse and sighed when she saw Grandma’s number on the display.“Dare I?”she asked Ryan.
