a P
d blew snow into the foyer. White flakes swirled ac
and dark jackets walked in, filling the r
their faces were hard and flat, like
s used for dirty jobs. I had seen him once in Brennan's study, and he was
om sofa and pointed at me on the
ge the cheating photos like we plann
s moved over me slowly, like he was alr
ng phone, Brody glanced over at Brittny
on something. Brittny's lips curved,
chin slightly toward the ceiling. Her hand rested on her b
e weren't paid actors hired to take fake photo
ag from his waistband, and shoved it roughly into
ldly as two huge men grabbed my wrists and dra
d wood steps on the way up. Each step sen
I stared desperately at Brennan, begging him wit
h shut and don't let her dirty the carpet," he said, waving a han
n attic level Brennan always called soundproofed, th
n and threw me hard onto the king-s
a ceramic lamp crashed to the floor and shattere
the heavy oak door slammed shut behind the ten men, followed by the loud
facing the bed, set up a mini v
ay unit no bigger than a phone charger blinked green-a live cloud-sync d
t the camera, then back at me. "We're not just taking pictures. We're filming
rted humming softly. Four of the men pulled small filter masks
t into the closed room. It curled through the
tiny bit, and the room immediately started spinning as the me
cked, one after anothrd a strange muffled thud by the front door-a sound
had already slipped past the outer perimeter and was standing sile
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