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He heard Dane’s sudden, vicious intake of air and when he spoke, his words shook and he suddenly sounded a hundred years old

"She’s that scared?" Dane whispered "You said she fell apart?"

"You have no idea," Wade said coldly "Now start talking"

"Jesus, she’s on sooddamn suicide mission," Dane choked out

And then he outlined in harsh, broken sentences everything in Eliza’s letter Only, Wade wouldn’t allow him to paraphrase any of Eliza’s words This was too important He couldn’t take in Dane’s biased account so he made Dane read the letter verbati none of his anger, fear or torment When he directed Dane once ht to be afraid, to intervene or that they were in any way in control of the situation Wade was calling the shots

"You sit on every one of your round out "You do not send off a bunch of half-cocked, pissed off operatives into this situation Not when Eliza’s life is at stake"

"She’s ours," Dane said viciously "Do you honestly believe we’re going to sit here and do nothing?"

"She’s et that and you need to let it sink in Right the fuck now"

"If anything happens to Lizzie, there will be no safe place for you to hide I’ll devote the rest ofyou apart withto happen to Eliza Second, you’re welcoood luck with that" Wade paused aever happens to her, it will be pointless for you to hunt me down because I’d take care of themoment, and just as quietly, Dane responded, "So it’s like that"

"It’s exactly like that," Wade said harshly

He shook off the sies of so to the woman he had handcuffed inside the house

"You sit on your oddamn sit on yourself for at least twenty-four hours," Wade said forcefully "Give et the story from Eliza and to et your teaether, make damn sure they knohat’s at stake and ht and then you get your asses to Calvary, Oregon, which is where I found her, and start discreetly poking around and see what you can dig up In theto plant a few seeds Make it clear that Eliza was there and that she left withto make it hard forher as fucking bait?"