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“I’m not very fond of them myself,” Cam answered. Miranda had stayed across the street and was giving her statement to another officer. He’d left Halo with her as protection. Not that he didn’t trust the cops, but the dog has faster reflexes. “Are we done, or do you have more questions for me.”
“We’re done for now. I have your contact information if I need to follow up. But most likely it will be Detective Black.”
“I’ll be around. We’re on leave.”
“I’ll make a note of that. And the Senator’s daughter?”
“She’ll be here for a few more days. Then she’ll be going back to Atlanta next Monday.” The cop nodded and made a few more notes as they headed over to where Miranda was with the other officer.
“Everything okay,” Cam asked as he took Miranda’s hand.
“Yes, fine. I think we’re all done.”
“Yes, ma’am. We’ll be in touch if we have any further questions.” Then they walked over to where the crime scene techs were working.
“Are you okay?” Cam asked and hugged her.
“Yes, I guess I’m getting used to being shot at. I’m not nearly as freaked out today.”
“I don’t think that’s a good thing.”
“No, it’s not. But it’s better than a total meltdown.”
“That’s true. Halo, you’re a good boy.” Cam rubbed the dog behind the hears. He’d gotten them their best clue unless Tex could pull up something on a traffic cam or some other camera in the area.
“You want to grab a drink and we can talk about this?” Jake asked as he and Ryan came up to them.
“You up for going out, Miranda. Or would you rather go back to the apartment?”
“Can Halo come?”
“Of course, it’s The Ready Room, they love him there.”
“Then, yes, let’s go. I could use a shot of whiskey.”
Chapter 15
It waswhere they spent most of their time together. The Ready Room was the place to be if you were a SEAL. The place was packed and with a lot of other SEAL teams. True to Cam’s word, Halo was welcome in the bar and walked in like he owned the place. Miranda hadn’t been in many bars in her life, so she hadn’t known what to expect. This one was filled with pictures and just about anything you could associate with the Navy. It was like walking into another world.
Murph, Rafe, and Meghan were sitting at a table in the back of the bar. From the amount of beer left in the pitcher, they’d been there for a while.
“I didn’t think everyone would be here.”
“When I called Jake, he called the others.”
“Miranda, are you okay? I can’t believe this keeps happening,” Meghan asked as she jumped up to hug her.
“I’m fine. Cam is great at pushing me out of danger.”
“He’d better be,” Murph said, “it’s what we’re trained to do, among other things.” Then he waggled his eyebrows. There was no doubt that he was the black sheep of their ‘family.’
“Enough,” Jake said as he sat down at the table. It was like he’d flipped a switch, and for the first time since Afghanistan, Miranda saw the team mission ready. “I called Chrissy while we were waiting for the cops to finish up. She’ll be here in a few minutes.”
“What does Chrissy have to do with this,” Meghan asked. That surprised, Miranda. She’d figured she was the only one in the dark.
“I’ll leave it up to her as to what she wants to tell you, but since it’s job-related, probably not much,” Jake answered. Meghan looked surprised but just nodded.
A waitress came over with another pitcher of beer and more mugs. Her nametag said Pam and from the way she joked around with the guys, she knew them well.
