“It was. How did you get it?”
“Probably best you don't know.” Probably best he didn't say he'd been selling the illegally-acquired DNA of Tom Jacks. “Did you catch her? The collector?”
The woman he knew only as Nemesis smiled. The first time he'd seen her smile. “We got her. Finally. Alive and kicking. Literally.”
“What happens to her now?”
“We pass her to the GMA.”
“Be sure to tell Agent Ballard how useful I was.”
“I will.”
“And the clones?”
“We'll triage them. Offer them a refuge. But it's up to them. They're free to do as they please. None of them has done anything wrong.”
“And what about me? Are you planning on offering me a new home, too?”
“We are grateful to you, Simms.”
“What does that mean?”
She considered for a moment. “It means yes. You'd be monitored, of course. On p
