“Do not let her leave.”

warmly.

“Everly, I just found a surveillance binder in Rowan’s bag,” I said bluntly. “There is a digital folder on a USB labeled Larkin, Volume 1.”

The line went dead silent for three agonizing seconds. Then, Everly began to weep. It was the ragged, hollow sound of a woman who had been holding her breath for years.

“Oh my god, Maddie,” she choked out.continue reading …