“Mark, behave,” Quinn ordered.
I opened my mouth to say something like “Don’t I always?” But I didn’t. He was watching his mother, and there were white lines around his mouth. He didn’t need any s**t.
“Mother, I’ll be right back.”
“Of course, sweetheart.” As soon as he left, she leaned up and pinned me with a stare from her cool eyes. “I wanted to talk to you alone, Mark.”
“Mrs. Mann, you aren’t going to get on my case about not doing anything, are you?”
“No. We both know you aren’t going to pay any heed to Quinton in this matter.” As battered as she was, her gaze was stony. I should have known she hadn’t lost her edge. She’d not only been married to an intelligence officer, but she’d been born into a family that had served the United States from the time it had been a scattered handf
