moment?” Bernstein interjected before John could open his mouth.
“Sure thing.” Logan stood and pulled Zora’s chair out for her to stand as well.
He waited for Zora to lead the way out of the room.
She didn’t look at him, which probably wasn’t a good sign. He followed her out into the hall where the others waited.
“Really, Logan?” Zora sighed and massaged her temples.
“Sorry, but it’s been two hours of nothing.” And to add to that, Logan had no idea why he was even present for these discussions. “Why aren’t we asking him about Skilton?”
Zora pursed her lips. “It’s not right yet.”
“What else do we have to come at him, though? This is pointless.” Logan’s phone buzzed.
He pulled it out, surprised to see Evan calling him.
Logan held up his hand for silence. Not that the guys were making a lot of noise. “Evan?”
“Hey, TL. Where are you guys right now?”
“Headquarters.”
“Where in the building?”
“Interrogation. Why? What’s going on? Is Kelsey still with you?”
“Yeah. Yeah, she is.”
The line clicked, ending the call.
Logan pulled the phone away from his face and frowned at it.
Zora had turned away and now had her phone out.
“Yes, yes. I understand. There’s a room down here we can talk in. See you shortly,” she said.
Logan held his breath.
Zora turned to face them. “Kelsey has news.”
What kind of news?
And why hadn’t Kelsey called him?
Logan knew. It made sense for Evan to call him. Still Logan wanted to hear her voice.
“Harper, Tucker, stay out here and keep an eye on the hall,” Logan ordered. That order was about as selfish as he could get. Both Harper and Tucker were the ones most likely to notice anything between Logan and Kelsey.
Besides the senator, Samuel, Baruti, Quentin and Nadine were also being kept on this level. If there were additional moles like Logan feared, all their eggs were in one basket. He wasn’t content with trusting their combined safety to one layer of defense.
The elevator dinged and out stepped Kelsey.
The tight fist that had been strangling Logan’s insides eased its hold.
Evan followed close on her heels. Felecia wasn’t there, but Logan assumed she’d gone off to handle whatever legwork needed doing.
Kelsey glanced at Logan. Her eyes were bright, like she knew something that was trying to spill out of her.
What had she discovered?
Her gaze jumped from him to Zora. He realized that he wouldn’t get a moment with her.
Logan hung back, hoping his face didn’t betray his disappointment.
Tucker and Harper moved down toward the elevators and the stairwell. Those were the only two access points for the subbasement level of the building.
Jamie followed both Zora and Kelsey toward the meeting room while Evan stood patiently waiting for Logan.
“Everything go okay?” he asked.
Evan didn’t make a move to follow the others. “Yeah. Sir?”
“Hm?”
He studied Logan a moment. “Sir, I might be speaking out of line here, but...”
“Just say it, Evan. I’ve never known you to say anything without careful consideration.”
“Kelsey.”
Logan’s gut tightened into knots.
Fuck. And here he’d been worried about Harper and Tucker.
Evan nodded, as though he’d decided something. “She doesn’t have anyone to say this, and I hope you understand where I’m coming from. However this goes? Treat her well, okay?”
Evan’s stare was hard. Logan could practically hear the implied or else in Evan’s tone.
In that moment, Logan was so damn grateful that these were the men he worked with. He had no doubt that if he screwed up, his own team would kick his ass.
Logan wouldn’t have it any other way.
Kelsey deserved to have people in her life that would look out for her. He got the feeling she wasn’t used to that. She’d been forced to be self-sufficient and alone for so long that having people there for her was unusual.
Logan shifted his weight from one foot to the other. He glanced over his shoulder, looking through the meeting room door to Kelsey. She was something.
He loved her.
The sensation in his chest whenever he saw her was almost overpowering. How the others couldn’t see it was beyond him.
How had that happened so fast?
He looked back at Evan and nodded.
“Yeah. That’s my plan.” Logan swallowed. “Evan?”
“Yeah?”
“Would you mind not saying anything to the others? For now, I mean. Kelsey and I, we want time to figure things out without...”
“I get it. And if I hear anything, I’ll let you know. If you keep looking at her like that though, it’s not going to be a secret long.”
Busted.
Logan scrubbed his hand over his face.
Great.
Now he had to think about how he looked at her.
This