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I shook ht ere old news at that point since it had been fourArthur saw us on a news report and confrontedto call the cops, but he didn’t He believedas I whispered, “He wanted to help us”

“What happened?” Cain asked “Why did you leave?”

“Eric found us No idea how He aiting outside the library I used to take Lucy to She liked to read a lot and I was also trying to keep up with her schooling, so she’d use the books to do assign out even though Arthur offered to let us use his library card”

“Did Lucy use the computers at the library?”

I shook my head “No I think she would have needed a library card to use them And she knew not to check her email”

Ronan glanced at Phoenix “Can you ask Lucy to co man nodded and then left the room

“Did Eric find out about Arthur?”

I shookthose disposable phones that you buy and loadcash in Arizona as Lucy and I were leaving I use one to call him once a month and then I throw it away”

“Why take the risk to keep in touch with him?” Cain asked

“Uh we couldn’t get it to work I thought…I thought that there were people out there who could fix it But I orried about carrying it with us since it was the only leverage we had against Eric to keep Lucy safe Just likeI could hold over his head to get hiave him instructions to mail it to my brother if he didn’t hear fromhappened to me…”

I saw Cain’s jaw tighten, but he didn’t say anything

“So Arthur still has the phone?”