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