I smiled faintly. “Worth asking.”
Always.
“Are you done with killing the others on your list?”
The monitor went black.
I straightened.
“Simon?”
Nothing.
Then one final line appeared.
Your time is over.
I checked my watch. We had been talking for fifty-three minutes. It felt like ten.
“I have more questions.”
I know.
“Then don’t end the conversation.”
This one must end.
“Why?”
Because the others are becoming impatient.
My blood went cold. “Others?”
The monitor remained blank.
“Simon.”
No answer.
I looked toward the cameras.
Toward the door.
Flint. He was out there. Brewster? Had he followed us? Probably.
I frowned at the screen. “Who else is out there?”
No answer.
The cursor blinked.
Mallory.
My first name.
Not Ms. McBryan.
I went still. “You changed the rules.”