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“I’ll hack into the Luisi trust and have ten million transferred into your church financial records and make it look like you did it.”
“You can’t.”
“Watch me.”
“What’s your endpoint here? She isn’t yours. You don’t automatically get her because you stole her.”
“Not here for chitchat, Rooney. Keep your mouth shut or else.”
“I’m not the only person who knows you took her. Messages are coming in.”
“People know she’s missing. They don’t knowItook her.”
“You blew your cover coming in here.”
“Did anyone see Paigelynn come in?”
“The cameras certainly did.”
“That’s not what I asked.”
“A receptionist did.”
“Someone you can handle?”
“Easily.”
Paigelynn gasps. “You can’t kill someone just because she talked to me!”
“Get back in the bathroom,” I snap at her.
“No!”
“Who said anything about kill?” Rooney grunts. “I said handle. Easy to smooth talk her.”
“How did you get into the building?” she asks me, nostrils flaring.
Great. More defiance. While it’s cute on her, now isnotthe time.
“I’ll explain all of that later.”
The hard look Rooney shoots me isn’t easy to ignore, but I can do hard things.
“I can’t cover for you very long. You know how it is. And I won’t sacrifice myself for you.”
Paigelynn’s expression turns to ice as she stares him down. “How dare you say that to your future king and queen? It is yourjobto sacrifice yourself!”
Rooney gives me a look that says,Can you believe this shit?
Yes. Yes, I can.
Because when I was young, Makiah Rooney was the person who taught me this shit. Different cult, different shit, same scent.
But bullshitters cannot help themselves, so Rooney drops to one knee and looks up at her, one hand pinching the bridge of his nose to stem the flow of blood, and says, “The Prophecy above all.”
Paigelynn and I intone after him:
“The Prophecy above all.”
