“What I was in for?” She thought about making up something more interesting, like an ax murderer or serial killer. But then she might never see Lisa again, and she needed her help. The job was quite complex. “Embezzling.”
“Oh. Right.”
Summer gave her a solemn look. “I promise not to do it again.”
Lisa giggled, and some of the tension drained out of Summer. She liked Lisa and didn’t want the other woman to think badly of her. In the past, she’d always kept herself aloof from her colleagues, mainly because of a mixture of guilt and not wanting to give herself away—she’d never been a natural liar. Nik was the one exception, and look where that had gotten her. If she hadn’t talked to him, made a connection…kissed him, she wouldn’t be in this predicament now. He would have handed the details over to the police, and they would probably have never caught her. Not only that, but she would probably never have been caught for the next job, either. She’d messed up because she was off balance. It was all Nik’s fault.
“Okay,” Lisa said, “a lot of my job is summarizing material so Nik doesn’t have to read long reports. I’m going to send a few files over to you. Just go through them and pick out what you think are the salient points. Get them down in bullet form, and I’ll have a look.” She made to press the button, then paused. “You realize this information is confidential?”
“I read my contract,” she said drily.
“Good. Let’s get to work.”