Vasquez's renewed interview with Kane took place over two tense weeks, conducted at the federal facility where he now served his life sentence, and the results, when they finally arrived, confirmed Desmond's worst suspicions.
"He admitted it," Vasquez reported, via video conference with Wren, Cruz, and Desmond gathered at the compound. "Eventually. Took considerable negotiation — he wanted assurances about facility transfers, visitation privileges for his daughter, before he'd disclose anything further. But he confirmed the training arrangement proceeded considerably further than his original confession indicated."
"Who," Wren asked, the single word carrying the full weight of exhausted dread.
"A woman," Vasquez said, and something in her careful phrasing told Wren this revelation carri
