9
Right in the Middle
As they exited police headquarters, Cade squinted into the stark morning sunlight and donned a set of Ray Bans.
Jana turned to him. “I don’t go by that name anymore.”
“What name?”
The pair walked into the parking lot. “Agent Baker. I’m not a federal agent anymore and you know it.”
“Come on, Jana. I know you wanted to drop out of circulation for a while, but it’s time to come back to reality.”
“Reality? This is my reality. I haven’t gone by the name of Agent Baker in over a year. And I’m never coming back. I’m not going back to the Bureau.”
“When you disappeared last year, you not only left the Bureau, you left me. Did you ever think of that? What about us, Jana?”
“There is no more us.”
“Why don’t you just stab me in the heart with a knife? It would be less p
