"So what do we have here Hardison?" Nate asked sometime later as they went over the files from Westerhoff's office.
"Not much, so far the guy is clean other than a couple of large payouts"
"To whom?"
Hardison clicked a few buttons
"Looks like it was to a Mark Harrison who worked for a place called Infertech Industries which is a –"
"Research company" Nate finished for him as he began to pace the length of his apartment, which he often did when he was trying to put a puzzle together.
"Yeah" Hardison confirmed. It shouldn't after all these years, but it still amazed him sometimes how Nate was able to put things together.
"Westerhoff paid off this Harrison to alter the results of the valve testing" Nate said matter of factly
"So we find this Mark and get him to flip on Westerhoff" Parker concluded as she popped popcorn into her mouth
Nate shook his head
"It's not that simple Parker."
"So we get Eliot to beat him up" she said matter of factly and Eliot shrugged his shoulders thinking that for once Parker might be right
"No this guy's already been paid off; and I'm sure that Westerhoff made him give up the original results. Hardison – can you hack into Infertech?"
Hardison laughed, his fingers already flying over the keyboard
"Ok see if you can find any of the original results on there. If Harrison doesn't have them then that means that Westerhoff has them hidden somewhere and we need to find them. Eliot, did you find out anything from Nona?"
Eliot shook his head
"Not yet, but she should be here any-"
He was cut off by the sound of someone walking through the door
"Hello?" he heard Nona call
"In here" he replied as he went to meet her
"Hi" she said quietly smiling at him
"Hey yourself; what are those?" he asked indicating the box in her hand
"I had left over cookies, so I thought I'd bring them buy"
"Thanks, come on in and meet the rest of the team. That's Hardison" he said indicating a young, goodlooking black man who was intensely typing into a laptop
"Hey" he said holding up a hand, not taking his eyes from the screen for a minute
"This here's Nate Ford" the curly haired man from the bar
"Nice to meet you Mr Ford" she said shaking his hand
"Nate, please. It's nice to meet you Ms Flynn"
"Nona, please"
Eliot was looking around
"Where did –"
"Are those cookies?" Parker asked nearly scaring her and Eliot to death. She'd apparently gotten bored and was now hanging from one of the exposed ceiling beams
"Damn it Parker, how many times do I have to tell you that you can't go sneaking up on people like that!" Eliot looked at her like she had two heads
"Last count I think it was 956, but I could be wrong" flipping down she asked again
"Are those cookies?"
"Why yes they are, would you like some?" Nona replied opening the box to the curious woman pearing over her shoulder
"Thanks!" she grabbed the box and went to go see what Hardison was doing
At her questioningly look Eliot merely replied
"It's like asking an addict if they need a hit" he stared at Parker til she looked up and said
"Was I supposed to share?" Eliot shook his head and rolled his eyes; there was something wrong with that girl.
"Have a seat" he said to Nona, purposely ignoring Parker
"So has Eliot told you what's going on?" Nate asked her
"He said that you think that Steven is selling faulty heart valves"
Nate nodded and went on to explain to her what they had uncovered so far
"Did anything show up on Harrison's computer?" he asked Hardison
"Nothing, at least not on his work computer"
"Which means we're going to have to find hard copies of the original results"
"Nona, do you know of any place that Steven would hide something if he didn't want it found?"
She shook her head
"Honestly I really haven't thought about it, I was spending more time taking care of my mother and trying to disappear from his radar"
"Well then I think it's time that you and Steven have a little reunion."
