Sixteen hours later …
At midnight that night, I flew silently through the air and landed on top of the abandoned warehouse where the exchange between Dad and Holes was to take place. I looked around briefly, searching for Holes, but it seemed like I was alone up here, which was fine by me, because the last thing I needed was for Holes to notice me. If he knew I was up here, then Holes would either call off the exchange entirely or maybe just kill Mom outright and run away. With luck, Holes would only realize that he was about to be played when things had progressed too far for even him to fix.
I walked over to the window on the roof and peered through it at the interior of the warehouse. The warehouse was completely empty, which meant that Holes was not here yet, though that wasn’t surpr
