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It was her show, after all

In the video, Phillipa took a staggering step forward, and when she turned her head, her face was clearly visible "You should ask yourself where your uncle is," she said, like soan to stir Soed?" The rustle of chairs pushed back, paddles dropped to the floor

The video kept rolling "Do you think you’re such a genius?" Phillipa said "What if I told you he was right under your nose the whole tih to be picked up by the bug in her coat That was how she’d gotten the audio, she’d toldin her shoe, the one that Milo had put there to track her movements She’d had one of the Greystone techs break into the Moriarty servers to look for audio she could use for her "installation" The security footage was their own, she’d said We found it e broke in to get the recording They’ll kick themselves over that one "How could you? How--"

"Finally," Phillipa said, as guards swar-h"

The sound of a door sla, then the video cut off A low-pitched static snuffle

Silence

When the lights cas happened in quick succession

One: The audience of grandhters rioted There wasn’t any other word for it A e, and then the woman beside hi bricks at a glassto see it shatter The elderly women I’d seen walk by earlier, the ones with the jeweled reindeer pins and fancy Christmas hats, turned like synchronized dancers to run for the door The clerk held it open I had to give him credit--he wore the saan

Two: The Greystone guard who had been holding Phillipa Moriarty to the side of the stage, one hand over herbackhen she threw an elbow into his face I ran to help the guard up, avedn above her head said SCULPTURE WING I pulled off my plastic mask and made to follow her Touards followed suit I e and three more feet when I skidded to a stop, but they sprinted on ahead, tearing up the stairs, shouting her name

Three: Hadrian Moriarty ripped off Charlotte Holun to her head

"Go help uards, and they took off up the stairs "As for you, girl," he said, "you wanted to see your uncle? I’ll send you there, then," and he pushed the un hard into her temple Holmes’s face hite She didn’t flinch, didn’tback and forth like she was reading lines from a book I couldn’t see

"You knoell as I do that Leander is alive," August said, stalking out frolittered in one fist "So please, stopcanned threats and be a person, Hadrian"