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“What do you want?” I ask

“Come with me, Miss Dunn, and we can discuss ill be done about Mr Pearce”

I bite ston, broken and weak on the floor I want to run to him, hold him, protect him

“Proo with you, you won’t hurt him,” I say

The otiation You are in no position to negotiate”

“You want information from me, yes?”

He shrugs “Froets to live”

I shake et the information you need is if you let him live Each of us only has half the information You need both of us”

The man frowns “I promise I won’t hurt him until after we’ve talked You have my word”

It’s the best I’et, so I take a step to follow him

“No, Liesel,” Langston says, trying to scramble to his feet to come after me

I refuse to turn and look at hi this to save him I won’t let hi eyes or co voice

The man in the suit looks past me to his two employees “Make sure he stays here, unharmed until I say otherwise”

I exhale sharply in relief Theout of the room, so I follow him like a loyal servant

He doesn’t speak to ston’s moans and pleas