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Robert lifted his hand “Now don’t get carried away As I said, I can get you a job in Harrisburg”

“I don’t want to be in fking Harrisburg, Robert I’d like to knohy I’ screwed I did my job and I did it well You know that”

Robert’s eyes flickered to Alex “Givethe door behind him

“Listen, Natalie You don’t want to make threats that you aren’t prepared to carry out”

“But—I am prepared to carry them out”

“That wouldn’t be prudent”

“To hell with prudence”

Robert shifted in his seat “Of course, the cae The details will be sent to your apartment”

“Hushterency”

“Whatever” She picked up her purse and headed to the door “Tell Simon he has twenty-four hours to callto be sorry”

And with that, she opened the door and stomped into the hall

It had beenevidence she’d sent to The Washington Post had been delivered Fed Ex gave her confirmation of the fact But she hadn’t heard from Andrew Sampson or anyone else Perhaps he’d decided not to run the story Perhaps it was too tawdry

The day after her trip to Fed Ex, her apartence to figure out that the thief had been son They’d taken her laptop, her digital caer had anything that she could use to blackmail Simon or anyone else

She’d received the hush ht, to help her start a new life in California It wouldn’t hurt for her toSenator Talbot’s e on the Talbots froations, so it was unlikely that any respectable journalist would take her seriously But she could bide her time and sell her story to a tabloid as an October surprise That should do it

She soods

Chapter Sixty-eight

Decerove, Pennsylvania

Julia and Gabriel were standing in the en-suite of their bathroonancy tests that were sitting on the vanity Both tests displayed the sa whisper

She wasn’t looking at hi at the tests She stood still, like a deer trying to evade a predator

“This is ht better of it