Saving Liberty (Kissing #6)
“Well, Miller was sifting: lifting up one fucking piece of paper at a time, looking at it and carefully placing it back on a pile as if we had all the time in the world. I was tearing through the pile, scattering papers across the room. But neither of us was making any progress.
“We need to narrow it down,” said Miller. “We need some clue, any clue, as to the sort of place we’re looking for. Anything you saw when you went to the first warehouse. Anything you heard.”
I shook my head angrily. “One... of them mentioned a woman, but that could be anyone.”
“What woman?”
“Isabella.” Despite my frustration, I felt my hopes rise for a second. “Why? Does that mean anything to you? Maybe someone connected with Kerrigan, one of his staff who’s in on this?”
Miller shook his head. “There’s no one called Isabella on the VP’s staff... and there must be thousands of Isabellas in DC. What else can you tell me?”
“Nothing!” I hurled a fistful of papers across the room and they fluttered down like snow.MoreLess
“We need to narrow it down,” said Miller. “We need some clue, any clue, as to the sort of place we’re looking for. Anything you saw when you went to the first warehouse. Anything you heard.”
I shook my head angrily. “One... of them mentioned a woman, but that could be anyone.”
“What woman?”
“Isabella.” Despite my frustration, I felt my hopes rise for a second. “Why? Does that mean anything to you? Maybe someone connected with Kerrigan, one of his staff who’s in on this?”
Miller shook his head. “There’s no one called Isabella on the VP’s staff... and there must be thousands of Isabellas in DC. What else can you tell me?”
“Nothing!” I hurled a fistful of papers across the room and they fluttered down like snow.MoreLess
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