Chapter Twenty-Eight
"It’s a race for the key," Marina said. "Good thing Richard and Lucas have a head start. I’ll call them and let them know."
Marina’s voice sounded miles away in my mind. I was staring at the open safe. At the inert talisman within it. At my failure. I let the disappointment, the humiliation, the shame, wash over me. Drown me.
And then I kicked the f*****g safe and screamed.
"Are you okay, Mack?" Lilly asked over the radio.
"No, I’m not f*****g okay!" I growled. "I just let the talisman slip through my fingers, and now the key is up for grabs. It’s anybody’s game now. f**k!"
I stormed out of the little office, directly down the empty aisle of the warehouse, out the back door where I had come in. I still had the guns I had collected from the four guards inside. I d
