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Sienna had found it.

“Where are the files?” I asked.

Garrick slammed his palm against the table. “There are no files.”

Sienna looked at the bread basket. I lifted the linen napkin beneath it and found a black flash drive taped to the wicker.

Miriam shot to her feet. “Give that to me.”

I slipped it into my pocket.

Garrick’s face changed. The charm disappeared, leaving only cold calculation. “You have no idea what you’re touching,” he said.

“I know exactly what I’m touching.”

He locked the dining room door. His brother rose behind him. Miriam grabbed Sienna’s phone from the counter and dropped it into her wineglass. The screen hissed and went black.

“There,” Miriam said. “No more recordings.”

Sienna began to shake. Garrick stepped closer to me.

“You will hand over that drive. Then you will tell everyone Sienna fell down the stairs.”

“Everyone?”

“The hospital. Her friends. Anyone who asks.”

“And if I refuse?”