Zara
We left Elliot’s office after a few more formalities. He warned us that the investigation would not be quick, but he promised weekly updates. Lucian offered to set up the retainer fee, but Elliot insisted that he would not accept any payment until his first update, so that we could see that he was genuinely working on our case.
When we returned to the parking garage and located the car, Lucian slipped into the driver’s seat.
“If we start driving now, we should reach the barrier by dark,” he said. “It will be several days before the detective has results for us, so there is no reason to linger.”
“Hey, wait,” Kieran protested. “Zara promised she’d go shopping with her and let me dress her up!”
Lucian sighed heavily and turned to look at me. “Did you seriously agree to that?”
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