“You know, Ace, you could decide to stay,” Tee commented as Alex got out of his car and tightened his scarf around his neck. With the cold, he had a feeling that snow was about to fall any time now.
“What do you mean?” he asked. “I have nothing to stay here for.”
He could hear the tech scoff at the other end of the line. “Really? Is that why you visited the Garden City Orphanage on Christmas day and again today? And why you’re standing at your old house?”
“How did you—” Alex looked around, finding no cameras around.
“Don’t bother,” Tee said, “I put a tracker in your car. The agency might have redacted all your personal information, but did you really think I wouldn’t find out?”
“It doesn’t concern the mission, so you shouldn’t know,” Alex said through gritted teeth. “And how the hell
