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“I know”

“I love you, baby”

“I love you, too”

Nic got into his rental car

She turned to Sylas “I just wish I could go with you and Nic to Chicago I could help pack up your apartments for you”

Sylas pulled her into his arms “You have your exam and Phoebe needs you here” He pressed his mouth to hers, and on her tiptoes she wrapped her arms around his neck “I love you, sweetheart”

“I love you, too”

“Nic and I will call you tonight” He got into his rental car

She watched her tonderful men drive away She wiped her eyes “It’s only three weeks, Ashley You will survive”

With a pistol and silencer in her lap, Anna Banks sat in the run-down shack Cindy Trollinger had sent her to when all hell broke loose on their plan Ashley had blown Anna’s cover

Ashley, the fucking bitch, is to blame for all my problems

Now she was stuck in this horrible place waiting for the burner phone to ring Trollinger had given the cell as well as the gun and silencer to her the day they had reement It had sounded like easy money to her All she had to do was break into the law firer remote access and enter a few lines of code into

TBK’s systems The law firm was a piece of cake She warht opportunity to enter the virus TBK was a little , but she was successful If TBK lucked out and realized so, even their best, Jena, would have a difficult tier’s code

It had sounded so good at first I was going to be a fucking oddamn felon

“Fuck What’s taking Trollinger so long? She better do soer” Great, Anna Now you’re talking to yourself like a crazy person