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Peter
The response from Lucas Kent comes almost immediately. He’s willing to meet with me, which is the first step to getting near Esguerra.
He proposes his wife’s new restaurant in London as a potential meeting place. It’s not exactly neutral ground, but I agree. I know what he’s thinking: that this might be a ploy to lure him out, so I could punish him and his wife for f*****g up with Sara.
Under other circumstances, he wouldn’t have been wrong. The image of my ptichka in that hospital, her delicate face pale and bruised, still features in my nightmares. Someday, Kent will pay for letting her escape and crash, but for now, I need him.
He’s my best shot at reaching out to Esguerra.
Of course, if he turned me down, I had a backup plan. I know Nora Esguerra’s email, having communic
