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He drives over to the side of the road, parks the car, and exits so he can take out our bags. “We’ll need another set of wheels. Obviously, this one’s on their radar.”
He discards cars as if they’re disposable plates.
“Right.”
“Last night, there was a shooting. Some local powers that be thought it smart to blame ‘organized crime.’We, obviously, had nothing to do with it but we’re an easy scapegoat. And since I’m the one here, they’re pinning the blame on me.”
Powers that be.
Could it be?
No… no, there’s no way.
“So we’re going to hide for now.”
“Hide? Where?”
Another sultry smirk makes my heartbeat quicken. “You’ll see.”
I like this side of Lyam so much better than the brooding captor. I still don’t trust him, though.
“But you were home last night!”
“It doesn’t matter, Cosette. They’re not looking for evidence or alibis. They want to look like the good guys by putting us away.”
They. They who?
What a complicated life he leads.
“Right,” I say with a sigh.
“So until we get to the bottom of this, we hide.”
“And what does ‘getting to the bottom of this’ entail?” I ask.
He smiles at the guns like a boy with his toys.
Lovely.
“You’ll leave that part to me. For now, let’s get you settled.” He glances at his phone. “Looks like I got a call from Dr. Martin.”
* * *
SEVEN
Lyam
Fucking Montague’sgot it in for us.
I had hardly any warning at all before I knew—he’d pinned last night’s activities on mobsters in his precious city and struck while the iron was hot. How fortunate for him he could attack my family and try to use us as the whipping boys for his run for office.
No fucking way.
We have informants. We’ve got people on the inside. And as soon as he blew the whistle and sent thegendarmerieto arrest me, I got the word.
I’ll pay my informant well.
But first… Cosette.
