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calm down and answer my questions?”
    “Let’s just get this over with,” she managed.
    He eased back, still holding her. “Someone got inside this fortress of yours. Not only got inside but also knew what vehicle Gregory would be driving and placed a bomb in it. They then either had it on a timer or waited and detonated the explosive just as he reached the gates. You’re entire security force is not exactly jumping to help us. That is suspicious.”
    Aubrey shook, hearing it all laid out to her. She’d been thinking the same. However, hearing it was different. It made her ill.
    “Either someone here is involved or they got very lucky,” he alleged. “Do you want to know which way I’m leaning?”
    “Okay,” she replied. “I get it. I’ll help.”
    He stepped back and the loss of his heat made her shiver. She felt cold deep down in her bones, and scared.
    She’d never admit it to anyone—however, the truth was that she’d never got over Cody leaving her.
    “Please sit,” he requested.
    She tried not to brush past him as she retook her seat. She couldn’t handle any more contact.
    “Have any threats been made against Gregory or the Cast?” He started again with his questions.
    “No.”
    “Internal mumblings, issues, that sort of thing?”
    “There’s always issues,” she answered, swiping her hand over her mouth. “A Cast this big? Egos get trampled on and there’s always going to be disagreements.”
    “Enough to kill the Cast leader?”
    “No.” She shook her head. “Never.”
    “What about Gregory’s law firm?” Cody asked next. “Any cases he’s working on that would put him at risk?”
    “Not that I know of,” she responded. “If he was threatened, he would have told us. Told me and Mike for sure. But we have a separate security team at the firm.”
    “They answer to Mike?”
    “Yes, he runs all security matters,” she told him. “Mike wouldn’t have anything to do with this either. He loved Gregory like a father.”
    Cody smirked. “You seem to have a lot of opinions on who didn’t do this. None on who did.”
    “I know the people I work with. They are my family.”
    “You’re, what, number eight in command of the Cast?”
    So he had some information if he knew her rank. Was he proud? Not that it should matter what he thought, she reminded herself.
    “Yeah, so?”
    “That’s pretty high for a woman of thirty-five,” he commented.
    “I’m good at my job,” she retorted.
    His eyes flashed. “Is that all it is?”
    “What exactly are you asking?”
    “Did your boyfriend help you move up? Or was it being Gregory’s niece?”
    She had to dig her nails into her palms to keep herself from punching him. “Figure it out.”
    She knew she had earned her position. She should probably set the record straight about her and Adrian, but she just wasn’t going to do it. Let him think what he wanted.
    “How’d they get in last night?” he questioned.
    “I don’t know. Have you looked at the security disks?”
    “Not yet. Have you?”
    She rolled her eyes. “I’ve been locked up in the conference room since this happened so when would I have had time?”
    He lifted a shoulder.
    She blew out a breath. God, he was annoying. Had he always been like this? Yes, yes he had. When he thought he was right, he hardly ever considered any other avenue.
    “Let’s start at the beginning.” He grabbed his notebook again and began peppering her with questions.
    Aubrey answered truthfully, with only a little resentment bleeding through. She evaded the best she could when he asked about Adrian. Her own little ‘screw you’ pointed straight at Cody.
    It wasn’t common knowledge through the Cast that she and Adrian were no longer together.
    Only a few people knew. Gregory and Mike, her family and a couple of close girlfriends.
    She wasn’t surprised that someone had told the agent about her and Adrian. Honestly, she could see where Cody would have to ask about Gregory’s