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Cassim nodded at the hall. “Go.”
Saaina gathered her robe around her and hustled out. Daar had never seen the woman move that quick.
“When we go out of town, we have a cleaning service come in.” Cassim tapped his phone screen. “Our housekeeper sent us these pictures.”
Daar took the phone.
He only needed one glance.
“Fuck,” he spat and shoved the device at Amaan.
“They found five.” Cassim scowled at nothing. “Listening to you, I think I’m beginning to see the bigger picture.”
Robin’s lawyer friend had put her up to this, no doubt. His niece wouldn’t do this sort of thing on her own.
“Do we know where Jessica is now?” Daar asked.
Amaan handed the phone back to Cassim. “That’s what I’m working on.”
“Who are you?” he demanded.
“It’s better for you if you don’t know,” Daar replied while rolling the details around in his head.
Cassim wasn’t good at subterfuge. If he were keeping a secret, there would be tells. That was why he held the laptop over Daar’s head. Possibly the only secret Cassim had kept in his entire life was the location of Charlotte’s old laptop. Daar might not know his niece well enough, but he knew Cassim.
“Does this mean that business at the airport is related as well?” he asked.
“Probably,” Daar muttered.
“She’s here,” Amaan said.
“Who?”
Amaan turned his screen toward them. “Jessica.”
Daar stared at the screen full of what looked like gibberish. It was code of some kind. How it told Amaan Jessica’s location was beyond Daar.
“Peter?”
Peter turned toward the door, pulling his phone out. “Text me the address.”
Within the hour he’d have people and a strategy.
Daar stared at Cassim, weighing the options.
The chancellor had many resources beyond the typical person. It was possible he’d found out about the safety deposit box another way.
For now, Daar would pretend he didn’t know and see where it led. Cassim, unlike his daughter, wasn’t half as smart.
Chapter Seventeen
Thursday.Harper’sHome,KeyWest, FL.
Robin’s internal clock knew it was past time to get up, but she didn’t want to budge. She hadn’t been this comfortable and relaxed since the last night at her apartment. She wanted to relish this, especially after…
Her peaceful mental wandering stuttered and a sense of dread filled her.
She clung to the shreds of peace as something warm stroked her side.
