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Still, it was the only explanation I could think of to explain how the US Marshal’s office had becoh

I thought I should warn Kim about Reyes’s attitude toward our friendship "Kim, the last time I came to see you, Reyes was none too happy"

Startled, she asked "Did he … did he threaten you?"

"Oh, no Well, maybe a little" He’d actually threatened to slice ain, but I doubted he reallyHe’s all bark, that one"

Her newfound boldness floored me She was so excited and open "You see down at the hands in her lap, she said, "Now he can go to Mexico or Canada And he can live" Her hopeful gaze landed on mine "For the first ti" She was glancing around again and went for the pencil I braced myself, but she also went for paper Thankfully She scribbled a note, then handed it to et this to Reyes? This is the account number and the password It’s all there Every penny"

"The account nuits

"It’s his ether in question, she said, "Well, ave it to me I just live off the interest And I take only a little bit of that It’s his All of it He could live like a king in Mexico with this" She rethought her state anywhere in the world with this"

I folded the paper and held it inmy head, I realized I would never understand how Reyes did the things he did, so I switched gears "I’e smile on her face

"Howher lips "Last I checked, a little over fifty led

I slipped into aabout the account being in Switzerland

I grew light-headed

She waved a hand in front of ood at computers He’d hacked into the NM Public Education Departh school diploma so he could take online classes while in prison, and with it, he’d gotten a ree in computer information systems And the first time I’d met Amador and Bianca Sanchez, Reyes’s aiders and abettors, they’d explained how he’d helped theet their house, how he’d studied the market, told them when to buy stocks and when to sell But 50 million?

I pressed the paper back into her palm "Kim, if he did this for you, then this is your money I know him He won’t take any of it from you But more importantly, you can’t trust anyone with this information, even me"

She pushed it back "You’re the only one I’d trust with it You’re the only other person on the planet he’d want to have it if anything should happen to me"

I stuffed the paper in ," she said, a reassuring smile on her face "Just in case You know"

My brows slid together in concern She wasn’t lying sookay?"

She blinked in surprise "Absolutely, why?"