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

The cellar door. The tunnel. The false pantry wall. The trigger system for the charges. The upstairs window that sticks. Noah’s likely location in an interior room.

Mara records every word.

Then she leaves to transmit it.

You stay.

Caleb looks at you like a man staring at what he destroyed.

“I did love you,” he says.

Your voice goes cold.

“Don’t.”

“I know continue reading …