like it was held together by grime and bad intentions. The neon si
y?" the driver asked, eyeing a grou
said, handing him anot
ole. But it was cash-only, and
ale smoke and bleach. Annelise paid for a room o
wo sagging double beds and
utomatically. It was a game they
nected the coaxial cable. "No smart devices," he muttered. He check
dle. He took a glass cup from the bathroom and balanced it on t
ecure," Blac
anitizer she made herself and started spraying the
e bed, her head in her hands.
? Logically, based on his intense reaction and a preliminary facial str
. "No, Algy. That's a coincidence," she said firmly. "Your biological fath
g us?" Blace asked, his voic
d," Annelise said haltingly, the name leaving a bitter taste
ave to hide from him?" Clemie ask
inds out I had children right around the time our marriage ended, he will view it as a betrayal, a stain on his reputation. He won't ca
ce vowed, punching his
he floor with his tablet. "I am accessing the local Wi-Fi
d him work. "Be
, his brow furrowing.
ha
rt out for a woman and three children on The Sanders Group's corporate ne
l. "He's using his o
query, routed from inside that network to a much older, private server. The enc
Sanders Family Trust's private server. It's not conn
ashed in Annelise's mind. The thought of the old patriarch having a
it?" she
m. It's a standing order to flag and report on 'children with exceptional cognitive or kinetic abilities'
e said. "Turn it all o
s of sirens wailed ou
ke puppies. Annelise sat in the chair by the window,
e number she had. The man who had helped them
thouse of Sanders Tower, Archib
ro said. "Dropped off in Qu
up. "Get the t
it's
ald buttoned his black
elise's eyes were heav
he hea
in
the doorknob and sh
bolted
It was just a test. So
nstantly, sliding off
Annelis
window
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