14Dawna’s eyes had narrowed like she was measuring me for jailhouse togs. Daring me to lie to her.
“I recognize the name,” I admitted. “You said she got to California last summer.”
“And didn’t contact me,” Dawna said.
“That’d be at the same time Washington objected to the presence of Chinese agents operating secretly in the US?”
“Yep,” Dawna agreed. “Created a big diplomatic hoo-rah. Earlier, we’d blamed the Chinese for hacking into our personnel files. Relations were strained and our description of their cops as covert agents made Beijing mad.”
I wrinkled my forehead, working it out. “China’s president was planning to pay us a state visit in September. Maybe to avoid escalating tensions just then, they ordered the Fox Hunters to lie low. Don’t contact the FBI. Don’t contact the fugit
