Killian furrowed his brow, his expression sharpening the second the old man opened his mouth and laid a deal on the table, one he never saw coming. Sure, deep down, Killian had sensed something like this was bound to come up, something about the spyware and the people who knew about it, but he never expected the guy to come right out and say it. No filter, no finesse. Right in front of Dan and everyone else in the room who knew about the prototype. Like a bombshell, secret could just be tossed around like office gossip.
“What if we cut a different deal?” the old man offered, cool as ever.
“Why keep pushing for a new deal? Wasn’t the last one already the best you had, especially with our safety hanging in the balance?”
“SAF, SSI, FBI, CIA… and now you?” Killian’s voice was calm, but ever
