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‘What do you want me to do?’ Phil asks.
‘Do you know how many kids are currently missing in Florida?’ Quinn says abruptly.
He doesn’t seem surprised by the non-sequitur. He’s worked with her long enough to know how her mind works. He notices Timothy googling the question, and gently takes the phone out of the kid’s hands.
‘Three hundred and forty-five,’ Quinn says. ‘Three hundred and forty-five missing kids in Florida alone. We’re not talking runaways or family abductions—’
‘What’s your point, Quinn?’
‘If you were the mother of one of those Florida kids, how would you be feeling right now?’
This is why Quinn is so damn good at what she does. She’s never afraid to punch the bruise.
‘I don’t get it,’ Timothy says.
‘Your president takes the time to appeal for the return of a white British child visiting the US on a luxury foreign holiday, butyourkid, your Hispanic or Black kid, doesn’t get a mention,’ Quinn says. ‘America can afford to let a few hundred low-income kids slip through the cracks. Who’s going to notice? But don’t mess with our tourist industry. Don’t lose anywhitekids.’
‘But this has nothing to do with race,’ Timothy says.
‘It’s America,’ says Quinn. ‘Everything here has to do with race.’
