Chapter Twenty-Three
‘You broke protocol,’ Nasira said.
Thirty seconds of standing guard, Jay thought, and she’s already found something to disapprove of.
‘What are you talking about?’ he said.
‘Oh nothing, just the email telling me and probably everyone from the Fifth Column where you’d be at,’ she said. ‘You know, in case I happened to be around.’
Jay folded arms over his carbine. ‘Well, you happened to be around.’
‘Not how you wanted.’ She wrinkled her nose. ‘How did you want it?’
‘I wanted it without being shot with an arrow,’ he said. ‘Why were you in Peru all this time?’
‘What you been doing in New Mexico for the past few months?’ Nasira said. ‘I was in Peru finding Lucia’s relatives, not that it’s any your business.’
‘So it’s you and Sophia now, a happy couple?’ Jay said. ‘
