16The smaller the wood particles got, the more powerful I felt.
And the more pleased I was with myself.
When I was a little girl, I didn’t play with dolls. I liked toy guns and Dad’s tools.
Nobody would suspect me of using dolls in a covert operation.
They’d find no evidence that I had.
I took a paper sack from the shelf below the bench. Swept the doll remains into the sack.
I’d burn the sack and contents later.
I slung my bag over my shoulder. Humped it and one of the cartons up to my office.
I returned for the other cartons.
Once I had everything upstairs, I turned on my computer.
I punched my code into the drive’s keypad.
I inserted it into a USB slot. Studied the results on my screen.
Nothing was missing.
I settled back into my chair.
I felt good, like I’d put my body thr
