Morri
rnight bag. I left a pale yellow sticky note on the espresso machine, te
an International Airport and walked
San Francisco. I bypassed baggage claim entirely. I had changed in the
Tucked in an alleyway between two towering gla
concierge. I gave him my fath
bterranean private room. The heavy door clicked shut behind me, sealing the room in abs
e man with a jagged scar cutting through
istresses quietly disappear from the tabloid
ke. "Well, well. The Morris princess hersel
The waiter stepped forward with a bottle of scotch.
d vanished, closing
out a thick manila envelope and tossed
d out, followed by a printed sheet of p
e pregnant woman. He let out a low whistle. "So, what are we lookin
register. "Financial fraud. Wire fraud. I want a com
mmediately that the target was Knox Miller, the ri
d a heavily encrypted military-grade tablet from his b
creen. Less than three minutes late
rk white text agains
a Mil
orrigan re
in my lap. The nails dug into my
ty Number confirms it. She's legally married. Spouse
hred of denial in my chest turned to ash. H
business. "How far do you want to take this? Do you just want the hard evidence
at Corrigan with a gaze s
"I want to take everything he has, everything he thinks he has, a
low, dark grin spread across his scarred face. He
cket, pulled out an unregistered black be
knuckles. "Give me one week. I'll dig up every d
e thing. Focus heavily on any hidden offsho
tched me walk toward the door. "Remind me n
co pavement. The freezing wind whipped off the bay
n my pocket. A voic
e lab is absolute garbage today. I miss
et cadence of his voice. A cruel,
my voice into a soft, loving purr. "I miss yo
phone off completely. I stepped to the curb and hailed a passing cab,
im. I want to know every bre
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