Chapter Forty-Four
“Get back up here, Jia,” Erik suggested. “Let’s go check the garage out. The rest of the CID guys can finish locking the apartment complex down.”
Jia scurried back up the ladder and out of the apartment. Erik, Alina, Jia, and two CID regular agents, along with the two remaining HTR exoskeletons, ran around the side of the complex to the out-of-commission parking garage.
The trapezoidal entrance was sealed by a thick metal gate.
“Open it when you’re ready,” Erik ordered. Emma would understand who he was addressing, and the CID agents would just think Alina was pulling ghost magic.
Jia had taken for granted how useful it was for most of the 1-2-2 to at least be somewhat aware of Emma and her capabilities. The AI liked to brag about being unique, but technology always
