“Marla.

You told us you did paperwork.”

Chapter 11 — National Security Liability

“I told you what you needed to hear,” I said, and I stepped out of the cold garage and into the thin morning light, and I did not raise my voice, because I did not need to anymore.

“I told you paperwork so that my family would not become a national security liability.

For twelve years Niko and I let you believe we were ordinary.