Luca's POV
I heard her voice change.
Not the words, just the tone. The particular shift from sleep to alert meant that something had happened.
I was off the pullout before she finished the call.
She came out of her room with her phone in her hand and her face very still.
"NYPD," she said. "Fraud and financial misconduct. Connected to the school's funding program." She looked at me. "They want me at the precinct by eight."
It was five forty-two.
I called David before she finished the sentence.
He answered immediately. "I already know," he said. "Morrison just called me. The complaint was filed at eleven last night through the DA's office. Someone moved fast."
"After Clara called Morrison," I said.
"Yes. Isabella knew she was losing the witness and moved before dawn." David's voice
