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Frederik had fled to Montevideo, the capital of his ho to Quint’s sources Aside from a record of the plane’s arrival on a small air strip outside Montevideo, there was no trace of him

The Orlando faenerations on a hill overlooking the city They were a large family, and while most of them still lived in or around the capital, they were rarely seen in public

Soe, but the majority ree ancestral estate whereFrederik’s parents and sister, lived

Since the kidnapping, nearly every wakingout alternative leads The obvious first choice was the Orlando estate, but Frederik could be hiding anywhere nearby

While it seeuay at all, Quint rationalized that there would be no way Frederik would be bold enough to siotten aith the kidnapping

No court anywhere in the world would do anything but throw him in jail, no

matter hoealthy his family was Frederik had kidnapped Hampton and fled over international borders This was no minor offense

While ued with corruption, bribery, and outright nepotis a beacon for openness, fairness, and growth in the region The Orlandos had ties reaching as far back as the Portuguese discovery and subsequent occupation of the area, but even such a connection couldn’t convince any court to sweep Frederik’s cri

Having spent days collecting intelligence about the family, their habits, and their properties, Quint texted A

The sun hadn’t yet broken over the horizon, and the sky was alight with the eerie blue glow of a time of day feere ever awake to see Aroan, already half awake and snatched up her phone

Since Hampton had been taken, A only sporadic naps of an hour or then her body sio anymore Despite every effort by Quint, Raneesha, and Kari to put her er her son was in

She ether She cried herself to sleep and woke to different tears drying on her cheeks

In the hour she’d been at dinner that night with Quint, her whole world had been shaken to its foundation, and everything thathad disappeared in a moment It was as if a hand had reached into her chest and squeezed all the blood out of her heart

She squinted through the tears and the sudden brightness as she unlocked her phone, rubbing her burning, swollen eyes slowly as they adjusted The text was uncharacteristically terse, only telling her that it was tio

The y away With a powerful surge of energy, she leapt out of bed for the closet to grab both her outfit for the day and the bag she’d packed for the trip