“Is that the big thing up there though, boats?”
Yeah.”
Driving these roads at night was much different than during the day.There were no street lamps to guide them, just the headlights.Everything around them was pitch black.He could see the glow of lights from the town in the rearview mirror as they left it until the darkness completely swallowed it.
“Careful with the curves at this time of night.Wildlife likes to come out.”
“I see sharks aren’t the only animals you’re trying to save.”
“Yeah, well, between this car and a goat or cow, there won’t be much left of us.So, I tend to preserve all life.”
Fair enough.
“So, what are you going to do once you see Miles?”
He kept forgetting Mac knew nothing about surveillance and following people.He was going to have to give her a crash course.“I’ll—we’ll,” he quickly corrected himself.By the smirk on Mac’s face, she would have pointed it out if he hadn’t caught himself.“Follow him but not too closely.See who he meets.”
“Will you take pictures or something?”
“If we see him meeting with someone.That way I can run facial recognition when we get back.”
“Any idea where he’s going on the north shore?”
“No.”
“Too bad he’s not a shark, I could just put a tracker on him.”
“Tracking him isn’t the problem.The man always has bodyguards and drives a flashy car.It’s getting close to him that’s the trick.It’s too bad he isn’t a tiger who travels solo.”Way easier to sneak up on.
“Yeah, I’m pretty sure they’re hard to corner though.”
“Nor would I want to.”
“How did we get off topic?”
“Not sure.You were saying if he were a shark, and it spiraled from there.To answer your question, we’ll look for his car and bodyguards.”
“Can’t you track his car?”
He couldn’t.He hadn’t thought of that.“I could.As soon as we reach the north coast, I’ll look it up.”
“Barry,” Mac said softly after a few moments of silence.“I know you said you do secret mission stuff, but how do you have access to so much information?”
“In my line of work, we investigate some pretty bad people.Looking into histories, bank records, and phone records is pretty standard.”
“I never knew so much information was so easily accessible.”
“It’s not.Most of my work has a skill level.I’ve always been good with computers.”
“Have you...”Mac took a hesitant breath.“Have you ever looked up my information?”
“No, I would never invade your privacy like that.”
“But you do it to others?”
It did make him sound hypocritical when she put it like that.“I look into that information for my job, nothing more.”
“Wasn’t I a job?”she asked, sounding sad.
