Page 40 of Rules of Engagement

"Aww," said Lily. "He trusts me. Who else is on there?"

"Delgado, Fletcher, Flaherty, Lucas, Garrett, Maddox, me, and you. There's another name too. Duncan O'Malley. I don't know him. Do you?"

"No."

A knock at the door made us both look up. I waved Delgado in. "I couldn't get my gun in," he said, sliding the door closed behind him. "When did they install metal detectors here? I thought the security guard was going to have a heart attack while he decided whether to shoot me or not."

"Did he shoot you?" asked Lily.

"No!" said Delgado, giving her a long, hard look.

"Phew!" To me, she whispered, "I would not want to have to tell Serena."

"Take mine," I said. I pulled off my hoody, unhooked my holster and passed it and the gun it contained to Delgado.

"How the hell did you get that in?" he asked, wide-eyed with surprise.

"I walked in with Garrett and he thought it was only his gun that set off the alarm. I forgot about mine. The security guard didn't search me. Hang on to it. Alert the others that they don't need to bring any weapons as we already have one here."

"Will do. What are you doing?" asked Delgado, motioning to the laptop.

"Plundering Solomon's laptop," said Lily before I could speak.

I added, "Does the name Duncan O'Malley mean anything to you?"

"Sure. Everyone's heard of Duncan O'Malley," said Delgado.

"I haven't."

"Really? He's only the biggest crime lord in Montgomery. Rumor has it he's dead although I'm not sure if I believe it. He's a wily son of a gun. What of it?"

"He's on Solomon's most trusted people list."

Delgado whistled. "The only lists O'Malley usually gets on are the FBI’s most wanted lists. He's not the kind of person Solomon would usually associate with."

"Then we need to put him on his own list and find out how Solomon knows him and why he trusts him as much as he trusts everyone in this room."

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