CHAPTER 17 KENDRA A week had passed since that meeting with Aleksej and I still hadn't recovered. Finding him in those conditions had upset me. I had talked to Michael about it but, apparently, Aleksej's case would soon pass to the CIA and the FBI would no longer have jurisdiction over it. I had begged for him to be transferred and kept safe, but no one had wanted to listen to me. I had spent my last day at work begging anyone to help Aleksej, but everyone had laughed at me and made fun of my teenage crush that I still felt for that thug. I had come home that night and had been crying all night. Mine was not a simple infatuation that would fade with his estrangement. I really loved him. Too much to be able to survive without him. This made me feel bad because part of me knew who

