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“They want Sage to open the locker.”

“I don’t know the combination,” Sage says.

“I do.”

“Then why do they need me?”

A door opens on Sally’s end.

Her breathing stops.

“Sally?” Sage calls.

A man takes the phone.

Navarro.

“You have the key,” he says.

Sean steps closer.

“And you have Sally.”

“For the next ninety minutes.”

“What happens after that?”

“She dies.”

Sage grips the table.

“What do you want?” Sean asks.

“You already know.”

“The evidence.”

“And your daughter.”

“No.”

Navarro laughs.

“You keep saying that as if you have a choice.”

“I always have a choice.”

“Then choose which woman you want to save.”

Hayley moves closer to me.

Sean’s hand finds mine.

Navarro continues.

“Bring Sage and the key to the old Pueblo depot. No police. No soldiers.”

“You expect me to send my daughter alone?”