45. Ghost in the Night

No longer able to keep the curiosity at bay, I grabbed Kieran's phone and read the message. Hawk stood next to me, looking over my shoulder to read the assassin's reply.

"Not necessary."

"What? What is that supposed to even mean?" I ask.

"It sounds like they don't want to be reimbursed. But I don't understand why." Kieran replies, looking towards Hawk, who has grown increasingly more worried.

"What are you thinking?" I ask, my question directed at Hawk.

"An assassin declining payment isn't good."

"Why?"

"Payment means an exchange. Money for a kill. Without that exchange, there's nothing keeping you connected."

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"Not necessarily. If somehow the police manage to connect this to you, there's no one else they can pin this on."

"But what difference does it make? Even if they did collect payment from us, it probably would've just been through an offshore account, which is untraceable anyways. So what difference does it make?" I ask.

"No one ever does something out