Tidied it up 'a little'? This place looked like a bomb exploded in here and needed more than just 'a little' cleaning. Fainting and falling face first into a pile of laundry was definitely not an option.
Jamie's eyebrow twitched. "I would have but your phone was off." Leaning against the door frame, he did his best to ignore the messy state of the apartment and focused his attention on Ryan instead. "Which isn't that bad, I suppose. Saved you the effort of having to dig out all the dirty laundry from closets and from under the bed later."
National Security was aware that they were skirting the real issue but he didn't think going into full blown interrogation mode would do them any good at this point. It would get him out faster, however, it would also get him at least a four-week silent treatment which he really didn't like, want or need.
Besides, he was here and in no hurry to leave so he could afford to be patient and let Military dictate the pace. "Or was this a cunning ploy to get me to do it for you?"