t a steady sixty-eight degrees to protect

ached the Tesla Model X. It was Brice's mobile command cent

cket-a signal repeater she had built from spare parts. It mimicked

with a soft whir. The door

been in this car. Recently. The scent was cloyingly strong, and for a reason she couldn't pinpoint, it ma

. Her fingers flew across the keyboard. She wasn't looking for GPS history; Brice was sm

prompted fo

ice's birthd

wedding annive

d in a date she had seen on the employe

6

s Gra

ow to her stomach. He used his mistress's birthday to

e the voice-to-text logs.

I'll be t

pects nothing. She

le. Carly put in her

a liability. Once the trust fund vests next month, I'm going to have her committed. She has a history of tra

earbuds out. He

erase her. To lock her away in a padded room

ights sudden

e footwell of the passenger side, pulling a da

concrete. A flashlight beam sw

h," a voice muttered. T

opened the door, she would have to incapacitate him. She knew exactly where to strike to knock

r. Carly held her breath, her heart hamme

oved away. "Damn rats

hts cli

finished the download. She uploaded the file, along with the scan

and wiped the han

ened the laptop again. She

orrow, 4 PM. The Ha

Lola to his

a cold, hard resolve. She wasn't going to hide. She was going to

d. Brice walked in, sq

re you

he pointed to the window

pped onto the bed. He

he ceiling. She was sleeping next t