Chapter 59

There was no way they were going to bring this stranger with them. Beth was slower to judgment than anyone else here, which was ironic considering she had already seen what the future could bring, but even she was against the idea of Matthew keeping some old unknown merchant in tow as they fled the vicinity for safer waters.

And given Matthew's track record of trusting the wrong people - she hoped in the other life, he and Annalise had torn each other new ones, and plenty of them at that - she wasn't fond of falling into step and going along with his idea that his new friend could be of use to them.

Boris was a weathered thing, but it might have been only recent times that had treated him poorly. He had the slightly saggy look of someone who had lost too much weight too fast, but he had the sophisticated manners of someone of the upper economic class, and he still had the jewelry here and there that quietly advertised the wealth he possessed.

Well, not at the moment. He had admitted