“Well, would you look at who’s back?” Max says with a bit of a drawl, his mouth forming a smile that adds to the dread I’m already feeling. “Change your mind, little lady?” I nod, having a hard time getting the words out of my mouth. But then I remember how desperate my situation is right now, how

*Eli*I’m so relieved that they’ve found Trisha. Even though I’m not her father, she’s part of our family, and with her missing, we weren’t complete. I can’t imagine how happy Rose will be when she has all four babies there in her arms.Mark tells me that they haven’t quite gotten Trisha out of ther

*Tristan* “You give me my baby, and I won’t rip you to shreds,” I say to the man who is holding Trisha. She can’t cry because her mouth is taped closed, but I can see that her face is red, and she has tears streaming down her cheeks. I think she might be having trouble breathing. I need to get to m

“Airport….” “The bunker was at the airport,” the man—Randolph—explains to me. I glance over and look him in the eye. He doesn’t look afraid of me, but he doesn’t look guilty or deceitful either. Since Kelly has already said he is trustworthy, I confine my questions to Kelly’s immediate situation.

Now, it is my time to laugh. “King Gene was here,” I tell her, watching the smile on her face waver slightly as she realizes I have used the past tense. “He sat upstairs for a long time, preparing to see you. That’s when Mark’s people told him you were no longer here, that you were in Tristan’s cast