Chapter 39 – Offside (Brennan Conrad POV)
Knowing that once Talia got on the phone with Javier that it'd be a while, I turn to leave her bedroom. However, I'm stalled when she tosses a pillow at my back, holding up a finger when I pick it up and turn back to her frowning.
"Hey Javi, babe, I'm going to get someone to bring my pain meds up to me, so I'll call you before I get into bed, okay?" I look at Talia, brow raised.
Since when does she lie to Javier? I ask myself, but that only opens the door for a bit of guilt. If Talia was lying, it was because of this situation that I had created.
I asked her not to disclose our conversations to Javier, something I had no right doing. But I had already made hacking into the family servers such a bad thing that I didn't want it going worse.
Ending the call, Talia places her cell phone next to her on the bed, her eyes welling up as she gazes at me. Frowning I take a step towards her, "Do you need meds?" maybe she was not lying to Javier.
Talia shakes her head, frowning.
"Bren, really? I know you overheard everything Javier was just saying," she says incredulously.
Of course, I nod. "Yeah but why are you tearing up?" I motion towards her eyes.
Her eyes widen, stark blue irises all I see. "You need to ask? Seriously?" she shakes her head at me disappointment clouding over her face. Looking much like mom.
"Brennan... someone is entering after Devin? Who is the best person to do that? Who shares Devin's computer?"
I frown, "You think... you think it is Taylor?" It's an almost laughable suggestion but Talia looks at me with wide defeated eyes and any humor in the subject is quickly drained out of me.
Going to her chair I sit half in shock, trying to wrap my mind around Talia's prompting of Taylor being behind the access door hack Devin put in place. On the one hand, it made sense being Taylor. Devin and Taylor used one laptop, while Javier had his own.
Asking myself why Taylor would do that?
Well, the motive was actually given before the person.
Money.
The Rosario's did not have a lot of money. Shannon and Javier Senior both worked. But still, they had Javier, Devin, and Taylor plus their other children that lived with them while the oldest three lived in Bend.
Indirectly the family worked for one of the dad's investment companies. Making well above minimum wage but again I knew from Devin that after all their expenses they're parents managed on a want versus need mentality like mom and dad.
Ten thousand dollars to pass on whatever information she got might have sounded good to Taylor. Probably never once thinking of the lives, she was actually reporting over.
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