Part 76 (1/2)
”In the cave they stashed us in this morning. She's dead, too.”
”You killed her?”
Annja shook her head. ”Not me. Jenny.”
Joey grinned. ”Nice one for her. Where is she?”
Annja pointed. ”She's dead, Joey.”
Joey looked back at Annja. ”What? How?”
”She made a bad decision. And it cost her her life.”
”You killed her?” killed her?”
Annja shook her head. ”No. In a way, she killed herself.”
Joey sighed. ”So much death.”
”Too much death, my friend. But I am glad to see you.”
Joey smiled. ”Likewise. I heard those shots and we came running-”
”We?”
From behind Joey, two men stepped into the clearing. One of them smiled and held up his hand. ”h.e.l.lo, Annja.”
”Agent Simpson?”
He shrugged. ”Name's Davis, actually. But you can call me Simpson if you want.”
Baker came out into the open, as well. ”Nice to see you again, Annja. Shame it's under these circ.u.mstances,” he said.
”You have a different name, too?” Annja moved Joey behind her, ready to unleash the sword. The way she was feeling, they'd be lucky if she left anything larger than a thimble with which to identify them.
”My name's Connor. But like Davis said, if you feel better calling me Baker, then so be it.”
”Annja.”
She shook her head. ”Not now, Joey. Let me handle this.”
Davis held his hands up. ”I think you might want to listen to him. He's got plenty of things to tell you.”
Annja frowned, but kept her eyes on the two men. ”What do you want to tell me, Joey?”
”They're not here to trap the Sasquatch.”
”What?”
”They're not. They're special agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency.”