CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

With a sigh, Salvetti sat down on the couch in his office. The person or people who were wasting time outside his office door should grow up and adopt a hobby. There were too many sounds in the corridor, and he was sure he saw a silhouette in the corner.

The horror was so noticeable he could almost taste it.

"Roughly speaking, tomorrow." During their latter talk, Travis picked up just where he left off. He wanted Salvetti to go shopping with Salviana, Lanaya, and anybody else who didn't want to go along. "Lanaya would be safer at a busy shopping center."

Is she better off because she's been abducted or because she's in a better mental state? After Salvetto's roar, he thought he heard a similarly muffled reply. The man scowled. He was presumably experiencing mental disruptions that manifested in the real world.

"Everyone's better off now that she's out in the open." That was Travis's biting response. "She's never gone to the great outdoors except for that one time Brian screwed up and