She continued to make the waffles, almost as if she was distracting herself from her own words.
“Well, it was another war. The Reed Security building burned down.”
I thought I remembered Cap saying something about that.
“And we had to take our families and run.”
“All of you?”
She nodded. “We went to Colorado to Knight’s house.”
“Ah, the mansion.”
“So, you’ve been there,” she smirked. “It’s something, isn’t it?”
“Not someplace I’d want to stay.”
“Well, he doesn’t stay there for the house. It’s all the privacy he has. Well, that and his gun cellar. It puts ours to shame.”
Man, this woman was just throwing grenades left and right at me. “You have a gun cellar,” I repeated.
“Sam’s a little on edge about people invading his space. Rightfully so after we were attacked.”
“But I thought you said they burned down the main building,” I clarified.
The wince on her face couldn’t be hidden. There was more. Of course, there was. Why wouldn’t there be? Twice wasn’t enough. There had to be at least three or four times at least that they all put their lives on the line.
“Look, it’s not as bad as it sounds.”
“I’m sure,” I grumbled.
“There was a virus and?—”
“Wait, you were here for that?”
Her eyes widened in surprise. “That’s right! You’re Parker’s sister!”
“We’re an infamous family.”
She scooped out a waffle for me, shoving the plate and syrup across the counter, along with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
“Your brother is a legend around here.”
“So, go back and tell me about what happened here with the virus.”
“You know, I think I should let Rob tell you?—”
“Vanessa, I hope we can be friends,” I said with a little more bite in my voice than intended.
Slowly, she turned to face me, looking guilty as hell.
“All I want is the truth.”
“That’s what I was afraid of,” she muttered.
“Just tell me what happened. How bad was it?”
“Well, I mean, we have the panic room, and it’s huge. Everyone was safe from the RPGs.”