Page 113 of Dark Endures

He fast forwards again. “She got in a cab.” He zooms in. “The medallion is dirty.” He zooms in.

It’s more than dirty. It’s completely covered. “You can’t fix that, can you?”

Everett shakes his head. “No. But we might be able to follow it with traffic cameras.”

Fea walks in carrying a tray.

“Hey, Fea.”

“Hey, Everett. They let you play with their toys.”

He grins. “Sure did. And I didn’t even have to hack in this time.”

Pit walks over and whaps him on the head. “You don’t tell us stuff like that, kid.”

Fea laughs and moves over to me. “Any news?”

“She’s alive,” I whisper the words I wanted to hear all day.

“Of course, she is. Now you’re going to sit and eat this while Everett finds out more.” She sets the food on the table and gives me the look.

“I’m not hungry.”

“But you’re going to eat anyway.” She crosses her arms over her chest.

Pit laughs in the corner.

I guess I’m going to eat. Then punch Pit.

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It turns out that following a car isn’t as fast and easy as they show on television. It’s been over an hour, and they’re still driving through the city.

The urge to demand that Everett move faster is curbed by the speed his fingers are moving. He can’t go any faster. We just have to wait.

Canyon walks in. “Everything is done there. I found nothing else. Except this.” He lifts up a suitcase. “It’s filled with cash. All small bills. Completely untraceable.”

Based on the size of the bag. “About 100k?”

Canyon nods.

A bag with cash? They can’t be the same.

They can’t be.

“Do we still have our last guest's fingerprints?”

Canyon startles. “Yeah. You don’t think—” He stares down at the bag.

“I just want to rule it out.” My gut twists.

“On it.” Canyon walks out of the room.

“What time does Adonis get out of work?”

Enzo answers, “He gets out at five and heads home to have pizza delivered every Wednesday like clockwork.”

“Someone call on the secure line to cancel his pizza.” I turn to Jacko. “With me?”

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