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had to take such drastic measures normally, except the FBI’s files had been hacked, and the only information they could see that was taken was everything on Oracle.
    Who did it, they didn't know.
    Until they could find the culprit, Elizabeth was going to stay ‘missing’. They couldn’t take a chance that Oracle would be compromised. That’s why someone had to take one for the team.
    At that point, Ethan was beginning to believe that he should have gone out instead.
    He was accustomed to being away from the family and office. It would have been easier on their kids and Callen. If he could go back and change it, he would. While he would still miss her, the people he loved most wouldn’t hurt.
    Going back to that fateful day, he should have insisted that he head out to save them all. If he was lonely, he’d battle through it. He couldn’t bear the idea his wife was as miserable as they were.
    Ethan would swallow the pain of being alone for his wife and brother any day.
    “I miss her. Why can’t we call her?” he asked.
    “She has to stay under. Gabe is the only one who can reach her. Her cell is off, so they’re not traceable. She picked up a burner phone along the way.”
    Callen was a calm man, but he hated this. The time away from Elizabeth was eating away at his soul. Never in his life had he ever come to rely on one person this much. She was the keeper of his heart and secrets.
    “How was therapy?” Ethan asked, knowing his brother had just finished up. Maybe if he kept pushing, Callen would open up. Wasn’t that exactly what Elizabeth had done when he was going?
    “It sucked.”
    Yeah, he’d felt that way about it too.
    “Is Doctor Gaines riding you?”
    Callen let out a long pent up breath. “It’s uncomfortable to sit there and talk about my sex life with another woman. It feels wrong talking about us three with a stranger. I always feel like she’s taking notes.”
    That made him laugh. “She is. Right after you leave, she scribbles it all down. I’ve seen my file. I wanted to throw up.”
    “Thanks,” he muttered. “Why does she need to know what turns me on? I mean, can’t I just say Elizabeth and go with that? I’ve had to sit there and describe one of our nights in bed. It’s horrifying, bro.”
    Ethan understood. When dealing with a victim of a sex crime, Doctor Gaines was just trying to get Callen to open up. When Elizabeth was there, it was far easier. That’s why she’d gone to therapy with him.
    “Why do I have to discuss my erection with her? Does she really need to know that pain gets me off? I feel like I’m a case study in this horrible nightmare.”
    Blackhawk got it. When she’d asked him something similar, he closed down. “Just tell her. Trust me. She can work miracles.”
    “Then let her make Elizabeth reappear. That’s the only fucking miracle I want.”
    The tension was there as the stress lines formed across his forehead. When his cheek twitched, Ethan felt bad for his brother.
    “It gets easier, Cal. I swear to you it does. One day, you’ll be a mess, and then like a light switch, it’ll go off.”
    He shrugged, finding it hard to believe his brother. “I want Elizabeth back. She’ll heal me. Now I feel raw and exposed talking about whether I like wild sex or tame sex. I don’t want to talk about her and intercourse, especially when I’m obviously not having it.”
    Ethan got that too.
    It had been a month.
    It was wearing thin on both men. They went from sex daily to nothing at all. It was a horrible shock to the libido. A man can only jerk off so much before that even lost its luster. Ethan suspected his brother and he were up for an award when it came to fantasizing and masturbating.
    “She’ll be home soon.”
    “God help her. I have a month of pent up frustration, and before you suggest self-servicing, let me point out that Doctor Gaines tried and I almost puked in her office. I’m definitely not discussing it with you either.”
    Blackhawk