Emma! “No, please, we can't meet there.” My stomach plummeted to the floor in anticipation of disastrous consequences.
“Go inside and get the signed contract. We can discuss it while you drive us there,” Raquel insisted. The sun had set, but the front porch light shined across her face. It was then I knew only one of us would survive that night. No one threatened my daughter and got away with it.
I snatched the keys to my SUV and the agreement from the couch where I'd left it prior to rushing out of the cottage. I wanted to repeat the changed location aloud in case April's team had continued to listen in. “Does the new drop off point have to be Braxton's Admissions Hall? What about Diamond Hall in my office? No one's there, and it's even quieter.”
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