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to see him so scared.  She had to reassure him somehow.
    “Sawyer, they’re not just navy, they’re Navy SEALs.  Seriously, I’ve seen them do amazing things.  There is this one man who you can absolutely trust.”
    For a moment she saw a glimmer of hope in the boy she considered her brother, then it was replaced with grim desolation.
    “It’d kill us if we lost you.  And what would happen to Georgie?  Char and I would make it.  We’re almost grown.  But what would happen to Georgie?”
    “I’ve made provisions.”  And she had.  They were airtight.  Nobody was going to split this family apart if she were to die.  And the life insurance money would ensure they would be taken care of, including Georgie, forever.
    “I see your wheels turning.  What?  You think money is going to make a difference to us if you’re gone?”  She winced at his loud tone.
    “Let’s take this outside.  Go get your coat.” 
    “You get yours,” he countered.
    “Meet me on the porch in five,” she said as her stomach rumbled.
    He yanked his coat off the hook and went out the back door, closing it quietly.
    She checked on Georgie on the way to her room, he was sleeping sprawled out on his back, clutching his stuffed bunny. Then she stopped in the bathroom before she grabbed her parka and laptop and headed outside.
    “Okay, I’m listening.”
    “Give me a minute to boot up my computer.”  Rylie shivered as she logged on.  Sawyer plucked the machine out of her hands.
    “Put on your jacket before you freeze to death.”  Rylie did.  When she took back her computer she could access her files.  She went to the encrypted ones.
    “So did you bother to look up these files?” she asked as she pulled up a record on Midnight Delta.  She glanced sideways at Sawyer and saw her screen had his full attention.  Six Navy SEAL personnel pictures and records were pulled up. 
    “Let’s start with their lieutenant, Mason Gault.  Read through the info.  Do you see all these medals?  They don’t give out silver stars for having your thumb up your ass.  No, it’s for conspicuous gallantry in action.  It’s the third highest award for combat valor.”
    Sawyer pulled the computer from her lap and started scrolling through the records.  “Is this the guy?” he asked, stopping on Darius Stanton’s photo.
    “What?  What do you mean, ‘the guy’?” Rylie asked. 
    “Lydia said Dare would be relieved to know where you were, and he’d be the one to meet you in Dallas.  I figured Dare was a nickname for Darius.  Why is he so relieved, does he have the hots for you?” 
    “Give me back my laptop.”
    “He has a silver star too.”
    “I know.”
    “It doesn’t say why.”
    “That entire mission where, he, Mason and Drake were awarded the medals was redacted.”
    “What does that mean?”
    “It’s where parts of the report are lined out with a thick black marker and not keyed into the file,” Rylie explained.
    “You mean you don’t know what happened?  I find that hard to believe.  They uploaded that information somewhere.”  Rylie looked over at Sawyer.
    “I don’t,” she lied.  There wasn’t a chance in hell she was going to tell him about the barbarity that they had dealt with. 
    “So these are the guys that are going to keep you safe?”
    “Yes.  Now you’ve called them in.  I still wish you hadn’t.  Seriously Sawyer, this is a tricky situation, and adding someone new is going to make this tough.”
    “I don’t care, you’re great at living double lives, I’m sure you can figure out something.  I’m not going to let you go undercover alone again.  We checked your flights.  You were in Vancouver the last three times you said you were in Omaha.  This is with this guy who is selling those women.  That Chinese guy.  What’s to stop him from selling you?”
    Rylie burst out laughing.
    “It’s not funny.”
    “Honey, I’m the one who is helping him, he would never sell