“Okay, what else?”
“We could also be looking at dams,” Evan suggested.
“Yes. Of course. Blow up a large one and the downstream flooding would be catastrophic. Or they could launch a cyber attack to open spillways. In any event, it would cut off water supplies and electricity too.” She noted dams. “Do we have anything else to suggest this is a possibility?”
No one spoke.
“Sean, I want you to bring up all dams in the U.S. that if destroyed would threaten millions of people. Prioritize them by greatest risks and distribute the list to everyone here.”
“You got it.”
She noticed Evan tapping on his phone, and she couldn’t believe after their talk in the break room that he wasn’t taking this discussion seriously. “Are we boring you, Agent Bowers?”
He looked up. “What?”
She gave him a pointed look. “Your phone.”
“Oh, that.” He smiled. “Just taking notes. I like to keep everything with me.”
She felt churlish for calling him out when he was simply doing a thorough job. She should apologize, but for some reason the words stuck in her throat.
“Though this would be considered a soft target,” Mack said, and she was thankful for his bailing her out, “what about some sort of weaponized toxin released across the country in major transportation hubs?”
Evan stopped typing. “Sounds possibleifan organized network exists, but there weren’t any masks or other indicators of such a plan found in the container. Still, I can compile a list of known terrorists who’ve shown a preference for biological weapons.”
“Great idea,” Kiley said. “But reviewing CCTV files for the dock is top priority.”
He nodded, and she was glad he didn’t argue.
“I’m almost done with the algorithm, and I can do it,” Cam offered.
“Have at it,” Evan said, not sounding the least bit troubled at being upstaged.
He’d always liked being part of a team. He’d once told her the thing he enjoyed most about being in the Navy was the absolute trust and belief in the guys around him. When he knew the planning had been done and the others had gone through the same training, it wasn’t hard to do a dive. Or even jump out of a plane, because no one would ever send one of their brothers or sisters into harm’s way without adequate planning and training and making sure the equipment was ready.
Which was why it was so very hard to accept the fact that he’d bailed on planning the op that resulted in Olin’s death just to go out on a bender with a few agents the night before.
“Kiley?” Sean asked.
She snapped back to the present, noted the item on the board, and jotted Cam’s name next to it. “We need to find someone to get a printer and shredder set up in here.”
“I know some of the staff and can arrange it,” Evan offered.
She gave a nod of appreciation.
He smiled, lopsided and as devastatingly cute as she remembered. She especially appreciated his help with the grunt work. She hated to find anything she liked about him, but she did like the fact that he didn’t think any task was below him. And maybe his smile.
Shut that down right now.
“I’ll get a list of tasks and assignments going.” She marched to her computer and caught Mack watching her. She gave him a look that saidso what?He shrugged. Still, she knew he’d noticed her moment of infatuation with Evan.
She sat, curled her fingers into fists under the table, and made sure not to look at Evan, even though she wanted to check his expression. She couldn’t be attracted tothat man. Just couldn’t. Sure, she’d been interested in him way back when, but she’d had those feelings before Olin died.
And now what? What did she feel for him on a personal level?
She’d have to be dead not to see he was still a very good-looking man, but other than that she felt only disgust for him, right?
CHAPTER 10
