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if
she—”
    “She’s dead,” Hunt interrupted before
Carley’s tangent could intensify, rising to stand in front of her. “She was
shot during the escape, hung on long enough to give us a description. Then died
twenty minutes afterward.”
    The information seemed to suck all the life
out of Carley and she sank back down against the wall. “So all you have is a
dead woman’s word.”
    “It solidified what we already know, and
that’s that Franklin’s going to make a wrong move. We don’t believe he’s been
involved in this that long because he’s still too careful. He’s not getting his
hands dirty but he’s definitely in. Now that we know the identity of one of the
victims, it increases the likelihood of us finding them. Every bit of
information we discover helps us.”
    “Helps you what? Watch them get away with
this? Well the FBI might be content just watching but I can’t sit around and do
nothing. I have to keep trying to find Dani.” Though her words held pure fury
she didn’t get up, and Hunt figured all the external fight had gone out of her.
    She was exhausted, and the best thing for
him to do now would be to leave her, give her time to absorb the information.
And hope she listened to his next words.
    “No, you don’t. Getting involved in this
could get you killed.”
    “So I’m supposed to do what exactly? Wait
for my sister to be sold to the highest bidder?”
    “No, you’re supposed to let me do my job.”
He walked to the door once more. “And by let, I mean stay out of the way,
Carley.”
    She pushed herself to her feet, kept her
back against the wall. “Are you going to tell your partner you found me?”
    “I don’t know yet. It’s something I have to
think about. Until then, stay out of sight. I’ll be in touch.”
    He couldn’t stay any longer. He needed
space to wrap his head around the situation he was in. With Carley’s sister in
jeopardy he had a good lead, could possibly even track her through this Scott
guy she was supposed to be dating. The only problem was he couldn’t reveal how
he knew about her, not without involving Carley.
    “I know you need to leave.” Carley’s voice
sounded wooden, as if all emotion had simply drained from her body.
    “Carley.” He waited until her gaze met his.
“I’m going to find your sister.” As he made the promise, he had to wonder how
in the hell he was going to pull off what might very well be a miracle.

Chapter Six
     
    “We should have killed her. I should
have killed her.” Franklin rubbed the back of his neck, pacing across the plush
Oriental rug covering the wooden floors of his den. “It’s too risky to keep her
alive.”
    “And it’s too expensive to kill her,” Rena
snapped, a haze of cigarette smoke swirling around her head. “She will bring a
solid price on the market, especially once our buyers know her family
connection. I imagine we may be able to find some of Ben Morgan’s enemies who’d
be willing to offer a tidy sum for her.”
    “I’m starting to feel some tension in the
squad. Like someone’s watching me. Someone knows. Maybe you shouldn’t come here
anymore. It’s too dangerous.”
    Rena waved a perfectly manicured hand.
“Don’t you think you might be a little paranoid? With that passageway behind
the library, an entire army could get in without the men in blue finding out.”
    “But you’re using it too often. They might
catch on.” The note of hysteria in his voice pissed him off. He was a decorated
cop and he was shaking like he was about to face the electric chair.
    “How could they catch on, Frankie? The
passageway opens up behind an old, deserted church. Trust me. No one is keeping
watch on that abandoned place. Now,” she checked her watch, “I do have to run.
I hope you can find some way to relax. Nervous men make mistakes. Granted, this
was a fuck-up, but it’s going to turn out fine.”
    “And this woman’s sister? What about her? I
called one of our overseas contacts. He