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“We found Sage.”

His smile disappears.

“We found Marisol. Sally. Frank. The ledger. The locker. We found the six girls you tried to move tonight.”

I crouch in front of him.

“We’re going to find every person you paid and every place you used.”

His breathing becomes shallow.

“You think this ends with me?”

“No.”

I look at Kane.

He understands.

Navarro is one man.

The ledger contains hundreds of names.

This fight isn’t finished.

But his part in it is.

“You’ll spend the rest of your life watching us tear down everything you built,” I tell him.

Navarro reaches toward the gun near his knee.

Holt stops him.

Kane rolls him facedown and secures his hands.

Alive.

Captured.

Federal prosecutors will have the ledger.

Sally’s evidence.

Marisol’s testimony.

Sage’s testimony.

Patrick and Ramirez.

Navarro will never own another person.

Sirens rise in the distance.

Local deputies finally reach the warehouse.

Federal vehicles follow.

I stand on the ridge and look toward the road.