espond. She shoved past Sylvia, her
ight toward the
r her, demanding sh
down the second-floor hallway and
ed the heavy oak doors open
hind his desk, holdin
n. He shouted at her for ba
p to his desk, her fa
polished wood. She leaned over, s
pay me first," Serena said. "I want my five
led her a trailer park rat who had
t of her damp jeans. She pull
r's leather desk pad. It
re bank accounts. She named the shell companies
stared at her, his mouth hanging open. Be
five minutes," Serena said softly,
ether. His hands shook as h
the offshore
of the keyboard fil
s wired directly into S
She looked at the screen. The
n her shoulders
k. She turned her back on Trevor's mur
dusty attic bedroom,
irectly to Presbyterian Ho
ceipt confirmed Simon's medical care
onto her hard mattress,
steady drizzle fel
of Lincoln pulled up to th
a cheap but clean black suit. She carrie
ond-floor balcony. They watched her
. He kept his hands clasped in front of him
ed the heavy suitcase and sho
oor and slid int
moothly, pulling away fro
ifted. The modest suburbs gave way to the
ss. She watched the trees blur past. Her ey
road. A sprawling, castle-like
y swung open. The heavy metal
nked the entrance. Their eyes sca
they held their rifles, the way they distributed
lled onto the
nd her with a deafening clang, c
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