“I agree,” Caden chimed in.
That meant a lot coming from his brothers. “Thanks. I figured she was here for a no-good purpose, and I wanted us to be prepared.” Dalton glanced at his watch. “Well, I need to go.”
Jace arched a brow. “Go? Need I remind you that you came in late today, just in time to attend that meeting?”
Dalton smiled. “No, you don’t need to remind me. But just remember. I saved the company from a scandal. There’s no doubt in my mind that Eve would have done just what she threatened to do. But who cares who Granddad had an affair with while he was living? Furthermore, why didn’t he and Hannah bring their affair out in the open?”
“Probably for privacy reasons. The fewer people who knew, the less they would have to deal with gossip and people’s opinions,” Jace said. “I assume he didn’t want to put Hannah through that.”
“So what’s going to happen to Eve?” Caden asked, pushing away from the table.
“Do you care?” Dalton asked.
Caden shrugged. “In a way, I do. I used to think she was a nice person.”
Dalton snorted. “Boy, did she have you fooled. She saw you as the gullible brother. I saw right through her the first time Jace introduced us.” He looked at his watch again. “Look, guys, I have to go. I’m getting an early start on the weekend,” he said, heading for the door.
“With anyone we know?” Caden called out.
“None of your business.” Dalton grinned, throwing the words over his shoulder as he dashed through the door.
Thirty-Four
“So what do you think?”
Jules looked over at Manning and Bruce. The two men were standing beside her as they glanced at the investigational wall they’d erected for the Granger case. But leave it to them working together to construct a state-of-the-art wall that was actually a two-hundred-inch touch-screen display that could also be controlled from her computer or smartphone.
“Manning, you know just what I need. And Bruce, you’re a computer genius. Don’t you want to come work for me full-time instead of splitting your time between Shana and me?”
Bruce threw his head back and laughed. “Shana asked me the same thing when I created Greta.”
Jules gave him a pointed frown. “Oh, she did, did she?”
Greta was an automated search engine that was great for investigative work. Like Shana, Jules had her office network installed in her car. That way she could use voice commands to tell Greta what information she wanted and, within minutes, Greta was reciting everything Jules needed to know.
“Yes, she did. And speaking of Shana,” Bruce said, glancing at his watch, “I have a meeting with her and Marcel in an hour, so I’m out of here.”
Jules nodded. “How’s that investigation going involving trade-secret violations at Granger?”
“Crazy. Really crazy. This even has me stumped.”
“You, the computer whiz?” Manning asked, chuckling.
“Yes, even I can be stumped sometimes. But what’s weird is how a computer can be wiped clean remotely. Computers could always be wiped clean, that’s not the issue. It’s how someone can target a computer from a remote location without being detected. How that happens is what’s bothering me.”
Jules leaned back on her desk, intrigued. “But in order to do that they’d need inside help initially, right?”
Bruce nodded. “That’s what I’m assuming.” He looked at his watch again. “You know, you can call on me if you need any technical help with this particular case. I’ve gotten to know Jace and his brothers, and I think they’re swell guys. If they believe their father is innocent, that’s good enough for me.”
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