On some level, Avi was right. Beth knew that. They desperately needed the money. A life depended on it. Still, it left a bad taste in her mouth to think of collecting the reward for returning Kaleth to his father.
Maybe they could just take him back and confess? Surely Santiago Burns would be grateful and still feel generous towards them for saving his son. Beth opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Belle cursed under her breath.
Everyone turned to face Belle, questions written all over their faces. Belle didn’t look up from her laptop screen, but she wasn’t typing. Her fingers hovered over the keyboard like she’d forgotten what they were for. That couldn’t be good. Beth braced herself. It vaguely occurred to her that she seemed to be doing that a lot of late, but who could blam
