A month before the attack, Erin had run up $300,000 in gambling debt. The O'Connor family in the North District had promised to clear it and hand her a false passport for a new life overseas. In return, she was to use what was left of Adrian's connections to get my schedule and security setup.
The vault break-in hadn't been an accident either. She'd gone in to steal the list of undercover agents. Only when Adrian turned up out of nowhere did she invent the line about looking for medical records.
Worse—she'd never meant to take Adrian with her. There was one passport and one plane ticket. Half the money in her account came from the O'Connors. The other half came from selling Adrian's watch and medals.
I sent the evidence to the police and made sure Adrian got a copy too. After Erin's arr
