Chapter 51
51 Adam pulled gently away from JJ. He felt like a shell, an empty meat and bone husk, yet when Harlan rose abruptly from his spot by the fireplace, touching the high back of his chair to steady himself, Adam was compelled to follow. “What is it?” he asked. Harlan went straight to his desk, with its pile of maps and his glasses. “Iris, can you help me with this?” She didn’t move. Harlan turned, looking over the tops of the black frames and deepening the creases in his forehead. “Iris, you can be pissed at me later. If we’re going to save this girl’s life, I need your help, and I need it now.” Iris relented, and Adam and JJ crowded around both of them, anxious to see what Harlan had discovered. “My recollection is that there were a couple of pieces of property your late husband was f
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