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Sean catches my arm.

Patrick returns to the line.

“Did you hear him?”

“I heard him,” Sean says.

“Then you know what happens if you bring the sheriff.”

“What do you want?”

“The ledger. The key. And Sage.”

“No.”

“Then Frank dies.”

“No,” Frank shouts through the phone. “Don’t bring her.”

Another blow silences him.

My stomach twists.

Patrick laughs.

“You have thirty minutes.”

“Where?”

“You already found me.”

The call ends.

Sean releases my arm.

“You aren’t going.”

“Yes, I am.”

“No.”

“He’ll kill Frank.”

“We’ll get Frank out.”

“How?”

“We’ve done this before.”

“Patrick will see you coming.”

“Not all of us.”

Kane enters from the hallway.

“Trent found a service tunnel beneath the substation. It exits behind the hospital maintenance building.”

Sean looks toward Sheriff Cruz.