“Your lawyer was more than happy to cooperate with us when we subpoenaed your records.”
“On what grounds was the subpoena served?”
“We were concerned about your research on the grounds of homeland security. A rogue scientist in a mountaintop laboratory might be making things we would rather not have fall into the hands of our enemies.”
“How did you find out in the first place?”
Ron’s guilty look told me all I needed to know. “They promised me a cure, Joanie,” he mumbled, his eyes still down. “They promised me if I cooperated, I would get my old life back.”
“Just couldn’t wait, could you?”
He flexed his fingers. “I need to be back in Little Rock, back at my fellowship.”
“And back within dating distance of your professor’s daughter.”
“What we’re interested in most is something Ron sa
