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“What happens now?” she asks.

“Vega requests approval for the secure transfer. Taylor sets up whatever the federal agents require. You look at the photographs.”

“And if I recognize someone?”

“You tell them everything you know.”

“What happens to us?”

The question is quieter.

“You stay here.”

“For how long?”

“Until Navarro is caught.”

“That could take weeks.”

“Yes.”

“Months?”

“If necessary.”

Hayley studies me.

“You expect Sage to stay hidden in this house for months?”

“I expect her to stay alive.”

“She won’t like it.”

“I’m aware.”

“You’ve known her for two days.”

“And she’s argued with me during most of them.”

Hayley smiles.

“She gets that from you.”

“No.”

“Sean.”

“She gets some of it from me.”

“All of it.”

I lean back.

“You fought three men behind a motel.”

“That was different.”

“You escaped a moving vehicle.”