Chapter Sixteen
Shaun had left as quietly as he’d shown up, and Luke had talked to Jess an hour earlier. They’d really busted Stefan out, and their secret black fund stash was now short ten million dollars in exchange for the missing documents no one wanted to come to light. Stefan had apparently taken the money happily, and his son Joel had turned over the documents. Stefan was now on an old Cessna to Bolivia. Meanwhile, the colonel was running a different narrative, as the missing documents the CIA wanted were now the only leverage the team had.
His mom was okay, being fussed over in the kitchen, surrounded by Jenny, Alison, Suzanne, and Karen. Charlotte was there too, and she hadn’t let go of Eva for a moment.
Luke settled in the living room corner with his back to the wall, staring
