“You okay?” Bean asked.
Garnet nodded. “I’m fine. A little sore, but okay.”
“They want to talk to you.”
“Who?”
“I’m guessing it’s the CIA. Those guys are a little shifty. I’ll be in there with you.”
“Thank you.”
Garnet wasthankful Brady would be in the room with her. She didn’t want to talk to anyone alone. The fear after being abducted still hadn’t worn off.
The room Brady led her to was small, with only enough room for three chairs and a small table. She’d been given coffee and a breakfast sandwich. She appreciated both since she hadn’t eaten much in the last few days.
The man who came into the room smiled and shook her hand, but didn’t introduce himself.
“Thank you for talking with me. We’re trying to get to the bottom of how this happened. So could you walk me through what happened after you arrived?”
“Here at the embassy, or the hotel?”
The guy’s lips tipped up a little before he answered. “How about you start with your arrival at the embassy?”
She gave a rundown of everything she’d done after arriving, and how she’d started to wonder if some of the problems she saw had been set up by someone who wanted to purposely create havoc.
She explained how she’d been tired, so she went to the hotel. Once she was in her room, she realized she hadn’t been givenwater, so she put on her jeans and headed out to get a bottle of water.
“And that’s when the guy jumped me in the elevator.”
“What happened?”
“He put a cloth over my mouth that was filled with fumes. Then they took me to their compound.”
“They?”
She nodded. “Yes, another man joined him. They knocked me out, and I regained consciousness once I was in the room where Brady and his team found me.”
“Did you recognize Brady when he broke into that room?”
“No. They were all dressed in black. I couldn’t have recognized anyone. It wasn’t until much later that I knew it was Brady.”
“So the person who damaged the network here. Do you know exactly who it was?”
She shook her head. “Not one hundred percent. But it’s obvious it can only be someone who works here.”
The guy interviewing her nodded. “We need a list of people who have access.”
“I made a list of people who could have possibly had access.”
Brady leaned in and put his elbows on the table. “We want to stick around as security. I don’t think she’s safe.”
The guy met Brady’s gaze and held it. “You think you could keep her safe?”
Brady nodded. “Absolutely.”
The guy turned back to her. “Are you going to stick around and fix the problems with the computers?”
“Of course.” There was no way she would leave them without fixing the issues. Now that she understood what had happened, she would have her guard up and wouldn’t trust anyone.
