CHAPTER NINETEEN With what she felt was a solid lead in place, Mackenzie weighed her options. She could sit on it and wait to continue pursuing it herself—which was what she wanted to do—and possibly get McGrath even more pissed at her. Or she could notify Bryers right now and hope that McGrath and everyone working beneath him would have the good sense to follow up on it. She decided that given the tumultuous nature of her current situation, the best thing to do would be to call Bryers. She did so. But when she revealed what she had discovered in conversations with Gloria Moore and Becka Rudolph, he was not nearly as pleased as she had anticipated. “Look, Mackenzie,” he said. “I’m going to be as honest and straight with you as I can, okay?” Bryers said. “Okay.” “If McGrath told you to

