grabbed Algernon's hand, haul
. The Rolls Royce was listing to one side, its alarm blaring. Secu
pointing toward the parking g
ccess road, dodging a shut
oared from behind them, carryin
of that man in the car-the faceless phantom whose presence felt
away from the car and starte
Annelis
dragging the suitcases.
hem!" he
d near the entrance to the garage. With a gruh other, creating a metal
rd slammed into t
dim concrete throat
w?" Annel
at his watch. "Exit 4. There is a taxi dr
enough, a yellow taxi was just pullin
assenger-a startled businessman-aside
rew the kids into the back
ash from her pocket-her emergency fund-and threw a hundred
eard, looked at the money, then at the pu
. "You got
hed away, tires smoking, leaving the b
l lights disappear into the traffic. His own secur
ands clenched into fists at his
im. "The car is disabled. The tires wer
about the car. He didn
iro. His face was
e boy?" Archiba
one who atta
ibald corrected. "The one wh
d. "The resemblance is
ant to know who those children are. I want to know where she has been hiding them. My original plan
pulled up, ignoring Jenelle, who was no
the facial recognition software. I want that taxi found. I want that woman's
er seat, his heart pounding a
e image of the boy's face
e. The look
pi
o had betrayed him. Why did she look at him with such genuine, horri
the empty air. "And secure the ass
le, hugging them so tight it hurt. She was sobb
ng her arm awkwardly. "We got away.
ise cried, kissing his dirty fore
yes wide. "The man in the big car...
ed her life. She didn't know how the enforcer for her phantom husband could smell
e knew the
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