When she stood up again, Beth made a production of searching her purse and
the top of her desk, then went to Cade and said, "I need to get something from
my room on the way," before she led the way to the door.
Cade topped off his coffee and snagged another couple of donuts before
following her. Both donuts and the coffee were gone before he caught up with her
a few doors down the corridor. He used his jeans to dust the sugar off his hand
and followed her into her room.
As soon as the door had closed, Beth spun to face him and asked in an angry
tone, "What the hell did you tell Mandi about last night? About us?"
Shrugging, Cade said, "Nothing. She was already in bed when I got back to
the room. She was gone when I woke up this morning. We haven't talked at all
since just before I gave you that 9mm ammo last night."
Obviously not convinced, Beth said, "When she came into the ops room a while
ago, she had to wait for John. She chose to do her waiting by my desk, Ed."
With a chuckle, he said, "Well gee, ma'am, that does sound pretty ominous.
You were probably the only other woman in the room, Beth, and.
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