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I do, but I won’t give him the satisfaction of asking.

So again I say nothing.

“We’re stopping in Austin for the night. We’ll stay at my father’s place.”

Not Miles’s own house? Odd, but again, I say nothing.

Knowledge is my only defense, but if I ask? He could lie to me. Tell me something I want to hear. Try to confuse me with fiction interspersed with facts.

So I choose again to say nothing.

“I see what you’re doing, Savannah.”

I say nothing.

“You’re in love with this Bellamy character.” He makes a gagging noise. “I know you’ll never be in love with me. I was never in love with you either, despite what my father had me tell you five years ago.”

And I just proved my own point. Miles will lie to me.

So I say nothing.

“I made a deal with you, Savannah. I’ll do what I can to make sure your Mr. Bellamy is not charged with any crimes regarding Abel’s death. But you and I both know that I don’t have the final say in any of them.”

Bullshit. Again I say nothing.

“But that’s all I promised you, my lovely wife-to-be. I didn’t promise you anything else with regard to Falcon Bellamy or his family. And perhaps I found your Achilles’ heel, Savannah. Perhaps I have found a way to keep you in line. Forever.”

Rage boils in my veins. My heart begins to thump wildly. My hands curl instinctively into fists, but I do my best to maintain my composure.

And I say nothing.

“You’ll talk once we get to Austin,” he says.

That’s what he thinks.

“I can guarantee you will. But I’m not going to tell you why. We’ll just let that be a fun little surprise.”

35

FALCON

I meet Leif at the entrance to the hospital.

“The only lead I now have is this Giancarlo character who Savannah stabbed. He’s not talking to me.”

“I’ll make him talk.” Leif looks around the lobby. “Let’s go find them.”

Without saying anything more, Leif and I walk toward the stairwell. When we reach the fourth floor and Giancarlo’s room, he’s alone again. Appears to be sleeping. The machines are all beeping just fine.

“I tried to get information out of him earlier, but he had a panic attack and his machines went crazy.”

Leif’s gaze darkens. “Yeah? They’ll probably do so again. That’s why we’re going to unplug them.”

“We can’t do that,” I say. “The nurses’ station will get notice right away if the machines aren’t working.”

Leif nods. “Good point. Then we’ll just have to make sure that he holds himself in check. Because if he doesn’t, I’ll fucking blow his head off.”

Leif.

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