Page 127 of To Die For

“I think we need to look closer to home.”

“What does that mean?” she asked.

“I suspect Glass has some incredibly valuable information that he was willing to share with our governmentifthe charges against him were dropped, and he gets his niece. Well, he got the first item on his wish list and now he wants Betsy.”

“What sort of information would he have?”

“Look at the people he’s done business with. Could one of them be planning something big? Maybe an attempt to overthrow the government?”

“Overthrow the United States government? Listen to yourself. For God’s sake.”

“If enough people believe it can never happen here, then they’ve pretty much assured that it will, in fact, happen on American soil.”

“Okay, I need to tell somebody about this.”

“No. Not yet. We need to let this play out a bit.”

“But—”

“I told you all this in confidence. But there are people in the government who know about the possible threat and are working to make sure it will be defeated.”

Saxby considered all this for a bit before nodding. “Okay, I’ll keep mum. But thanks for ruining my day, week, and year.”

“Hey, welcome to my world.”

CHAPTER

59

AFTER ODOM GOT UP, SAXBYhelped her pack her things and Devine drove them over to his hotel. He had upgraded to a two-bedroom, two-bathroom residence at the hotel on Uncle Sam’s dime, and with Campbell’s blessing.

He wasn’t planning on staying there long, though.

Odom wandered around the spacious hotel room and then stood looking out the window.

Devine sat watching her.

“So how are you doing?” he asked.

She remained staring out the glass. “Seems like I’m always tired even when I get plenty of sleep.”

“It’s called puberty and stress. They both wear you out.”

She sat down. “So what now? I stay in this hotel room with you until…?”

“Tomorrow, we’re going to your home in Kittitas. We’ve already confirmed with the judge, and I let Korey and Nate know.”

“It will be nice to go home, even if Mom and Dad won’t be there,” she said, her look one of sudden misery.

Devine decided to try to change the subject to pull Odom out of the despair that she seemed to be falling into. “So why did you want me to be your guardian?”

She turned to him. “Because I like you, and I trust you. I don’t think you’ll mess stuff up for me.”

“Does this mean you don’t want your uncle’s wealthy lifestyle?”

“If he wants to give me money and things, fine. That doesn’tmean I have to live with him. And why would he even want me around? It seems, I don’t know, weird.”

“In his defense, I think he really loves you.”

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