She realized from his reaction that she had just accidentally outed Reid, but she was hopeful that Russell, despite sounding like a redneck, wasn't a prejudiced redneck. He really didn't seem to be, especially since he looked cheerful instead of shocked or disapproving or disgusted or anything like that.

"Yeah, they're involved, and if you're planning to say something about that to me or to Reid, I'd advise you to reconsider," she said. She said it mildly, but her expression was a little more firm. It wasn't even close to her most scary expression, the one that had actually made someone leave a coffee shop she'd been in here, but it was firm.