Before guilty-looking Riley and Ethan could reply to Clara, Tom stormed in.
"We've checked the chip," he said, slightly breathless. "And it's just as we guessed. He is tracking both Riley's location and her conversations, so we need her to talk to Clara. Failure to do so, he will know we are on to him."
Clara just stared at him, stunned, as she asked, "Someone is tracking Riley? Since when?"
Ethan stepped toward her, voice urgent and low but patient,and briefed her in less than two minutes only the essential parts, about the two suspicious guys approaching Riley, the danger, the chip, and Mateo's plan. He skipped everything else that could send her spiraling as he needed her, they needed her for their plan to work.
