“Maybe an hour ago?I’m not sure—”
Tanner didn’t listen to the rest.He ran as fast as he could toward the diner.
The enemy had been hiding in plain sight all along.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Bree grinned at the screen in front of her.
She’d done it.She’d outmaneuvered the Organization.
Take that, you rat bastards.
They thought like criminals, and ultimately that had been their downfall, providing her the way into their system.Everything the Organization did was in shadows and back channels.
They weren’t expecting someone to come straight up and knock on their figurative front door.There had just been the smallest crack of an opening, the tiniest of weaknesses, ones they wouldn’t even have seen because they weren’t her.
But that was all that Bree needed.
Her data was saved from the computer onto a SIM card.Now all she had to do was upload it to any member of the Organization’s phone in the vicinity of the Denver symposium, and when the Organization tried to pull their little stunt where they took over all the cell phones in the world, they’d be in for quite a surprise.
Instead of being the ones controlling the information about everyone else, the entire world would have all the dirty laundry aboutthem.
Every compromised member of Communication for All would be exposed.But hopefully the charity itself could live on.
Ronnie had been here with her in the office for a while, but his presence had been throwing her off, so he’d gone out into the main section of the diner.Whatever Tanner had done to gain her these last couple of hours, it had been worth it.
She sat back in her chair and grinned.They were going to take the Organization down.She never would’ve thought it was possible.
And couldn’t even begin to think what her life might possibly be like after today.But making sure Melissa and the twins were safe was all that mattered.
“You know, when I met you, I knew you were more than a waitress, but I had no idea who you really were.”
Bree turned with a gasp and found Scott standing in the door of the office.
Blood was dripping from a knife in his hand.
He held it up and inspected it.“I’m afraid Ronnie had an accident.”
Bree spun around in the office that had provided her with a sense of security because it had no windows.But that also meant there were no other exits—something she hadn’t even thought about until now.Her mother would’ve been so disappointed.
All it takes is one slipup and you’re dead.
Looked like this was Bree’s.
Scott took a step farther inside the room.“You know the great thing about looking like a pudgy middle schooler?Nobody tends to think of you as a threat.”
Bree took a step back as he took one forward.“You work for the Organization?”
He gave her a slimy smile, and she wondered how she’d ever thought of him as charming.Then winked at her.“I was handpicked for this mission by Mr.Jeter himself when we first realized someone on the inside was keeping tabs on someone in this town.”
He shook his head in wonder.“Who would’ve thought that the greatest hacker who ever lived was not only alive, but had started the cutest little family of her own?Where are the screaming brats?I’m sure Mr.Jeter would like to meet them.”
Just the sound of Jeter’s name had nausea curdling her stomach.“They’re not here.They’re far away from here.”
“Don’t worry.We’ll find them.”Scott wiped off the handle of the knife with a napkin and grabbed her hand before she realized what he was going to do.He forced her fingers around the handle.
She let go as soon as he released her fingers, but it was too late.Her fingerprints were already on the weapon.
