Chapter Twenty-SixLynn picked up the bag she brought with her. “I have to leave for a little while,” she said to her parents. They stared back at her in stunned silence. “Just for a little while,” she said. “I'll be back in about an hour.”
“Lynn, didn't you hear what the FBI has been saying?” her father said incredulously. “It's too dangerous for you to go wandering around alone. That fellow Merchant, is still out there.”
“I know Dad, and I'll be careful.” She looked into their worried faces. “This is about stopping him and giving us a chance to live our lives.” They looked no more convinced, but she had done what she could. She walked to the door, said “I'll be back soon,” and disappeared from view.
Lynn got into the elevator and rode down to the ground floor. This was a call that she
