196

NIRVANA

He can never be trusted, Dane told me, and those words kept repeating in my head.

I’d been in the bathroom for fifteen minutes, and my nerves started to get in the way.

“Sweetheart, we can still walk away from this. It’s not too late to back out.” Knight said behind the door.

“Just give me a minute.” I breathed deeply and did the tricks I had practiced overnight. I only had one time to do this, or I would fail everyone.

I took a moment to gather myself before I opened the door. “Let’s go before I change my mind.

That son of bitch chose an open public restaurant to his advantage.

“Shit.”

“What is it?”

“I don’t know what he looks like.”

“Fuck.”

“If you see a smug curly hair son of a bitch in his forties, then that’s him,” Dane said to our line. “He has a wife named Elaine and a daughter named Savanna.”

“Is your team ready?”

“Yeah.”

“Got a table for two,” said the sheriff, Carter Wade. That was his cue. He played a vital role in the plan, as Eloh would never suspect