Page 180 of The Woman By the Lake

That had him grinning wide.

“A little girl,” she said.

So they were on the same track.

“Dark hair and silver eyes,” she continued.

Right.

They weren’t on the same track.

And…silver?

His eyes were gray.

Riggs let that go too, in order to get into something more important.

“Blonde and blue-eyed,” he retorted.

“That’s not dominant,” she reminded him.

“You think the Russian won’t out?” he asked.

She started laughing, and through it said, “If you put it that way.”

Riggs finished their sandwiches.

After they ate them, it sucked, but they didn’t have time to fit in a quickie before he had to go pick up Ledger.

But after they got back, and his kid had a snack, they did their first organized family activity, and worked with Gia.

Making sure the ones he cared about could use the resource he’d bought to keep them safe might not been the activity he would have chosen.

But it was awesome all the same.

THIRTY-EIGHT

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It was that night, Ledger was in bed, and Riggs and Nadia were hanging in front of the TV watching Only Murders in the Building, when his phone rang.

He pulled it out, saw it was from Harry and took the call.

“Yo, brother,” he answered.

“Hey, Doc. Nothing to be alarmed about, and sorry it’s late, but I need you to trust me and come to the access road.”

He felt Nadia’s fingers curl around his thigh, so he knew she felt his vibe, and he looked at her.

“Trust you about what?” he asked suspiciously.

Her brows shot up.

“You’ll see when you get here,” Harry replied.

Shit.

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