YOUR SISTER TOLD YOU TO HIDE IN THE ATTIC AND NOT TELL YOUR HUSBAND—THEN YOU FOUND THE PASSPORTS UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS

I moved money. Built exits. I was going to run with you both.”

“With no warning?”

“You would have gone to Mara.”

“Because she’s FBI!”

“Because she would have stopped me.”

“She should have!”

He shuts his eyes.

“I know.”

The silence that follows is heavier than sound.

You step back before emotion can crack you open.

“Tell them how to get my son.”

And he does.

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