37“You brought Bella into this?” I asked Holger.
“Isabella offered me the services of two of her staff. I accepted.”
He’d made a side-deal with Bella and hadn’t told me. More of his irritating stinginess with information.
And more of his compulsive fibbing. Of course, he’d recruited Bella for this op.
She’d returned to DC two days before Holger revealed he was harboring a Chinese fugitive at the Woodside estate.
Neither Dawna nor I had told Bella. She couldn’t have figured it out on her own.
Obviously, Holger had contacted her and explained the situation. Okay, technically, Bella might’ve offered help. After he brought her into it.
I didn’t bother to protest. I was on to his game and that was good enough for me.
I understood why Holger had wanted to replace his team with contract g
