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"Abby was raised around mobsters?" Ellie asked

"Sort of," Falyn said "They don’t really talk about it She was born in Vegas Her dad was a fairly fa, but he didn’t stop gaot in pretty deep with soas just before she and Travis gotto kill hiht? She went there to win the money?"

Falyn nodded "She won et the rest of it?" Ellie asked

Falyn ht "I’m not really sure Do you know?" she asked me

I shook my head "They’ve never really said"

"You’ve never asked?" Ellie said

Tyler shook his head "I figured if they wanted e clai Hadley by the hand

"Hold on," Tyler said, trying to get a handle on their roller bags

"I can help," a wo dark slacks, a button-down shirt and a dark blazer, her sunglasses hanging from where the top button of her blouse was undone She flashed her credentials that were clipped inside of her blazer and then tucked them away

My sto Alyssa Davies’s eyes turned soft when she looked down at Hollis

"Cute kid," Alyssa said "I’ll be driving you to the Eakins hospital"

Taylor and Ellie were unfazed, but Falyn looked at ry Alyssa was the wo the week Falyn and I had broken up Falyn needed space, so I left for California to visit o He’d taken me to a local bar to cry in ue A feeeks later, Alyssa ended up pregnant and gavefor an abortion She carried Hollis to tero hospital while she labored and gave birth The nurses handedback

"Wait, wait, wait," I said, holding up my hands "You’re FBI?"

"I am," Alyssa said "I realize this is somewhat aard "

"So With Thonot If you ask htlyyou froent, and … I’ainst her front with her free hand, hanging on tightly to Hadley with the other Alyssa--or Agent Davies--represented e did

"Can we see those credentials again?" Falyn asked

Alyssa pulled her ID until it unclipped from her pocket and handed it to Falyn "Look it over, but please be quick We don’t want to stay in one place too long"