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“Let me talk to her.”
Sean looks at Taylor.
“Keep tracing.”
He motions Sage closer.
She steps toward the speaker.
“Sally?”
“Oh, baby.”
Sage covers her mouth.
“Where are you?”
“I’m sorry.”
“For what?”
“I sent Frank after you. I let him put the ledger in your bag.”
“I know.”
“I thought he would take it back before anyone found out.”
“It’s okay.”
“No, it isn’t. I should have protected you better.”
“You did protect me.”
“Not enough.”
“You gave me a place to sleep.”
The line crackles.
“You fed me when I couldn’t pay. You gave me glasses and a wig. You made me look in the mirror and practice my new name until I stopped shaking.”
Sally starts crying again.
“You saved me,” Sage says. “Now we’re coming for you.”
“No.”
Every man around us becomes still.
“Sally?” Frank says.
“Don’t come to the station.”
Taylor looks up from the computer.
“Trace is moving through multiple towers.”
Sally’s voice lowers.
