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“No. Patrick paid him.”

Arthur shakes his head.

“He threw away nine years as a deputy for money.”

“Some people do worse for less,” Holt says.

The truth of that moves through the room.

Greg sold me.

Daniel used Hayley.

Patrick hunted Marisol.

Navarro believed money gave him ownership of people.

They were wrong.

Sean’s phone sounds.

A video call appears.

Frank’s name fills the screen.

Sean answers and places the phone on the island.

Frank appears from a hospital bed.

One side of his face is swollen.

Marisol sits in a wheelchair beside him.

Sally stands behind them.

The moment she sees me, she smiles.

“There’s my girl.”

My throat tightens.

“Are you okay?”

“I will be.”

“What about Frank?”

“He’s a terrible patient.”

Frank looks at her.

“I’m sitting in the bed.”

“You tried to leave twice.”

“Once.”

“Twice.”