“So he needs a place for the kids, but did he say anything else about what’s going on over there? Where did they come from? How did he find them?”

“We didn’t get into that yet; the situation sounded pretty desperate. I figured since Gideon already has a setup stateside, we could use his place for now.”

“Do you trust this guy?” Lyon was the first to ask what I knew they were all thinking. The kids from Cali, Mancini, and all the other civilians in the room. I ...