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Ryan burst into the room “I need to talk to you”

“Wait in line,” Casey said “I’reeet her out of the hospital in case Roger tries so even more violent Marc thinks it would be too obvious if she abruptly vanished, plus it would be one less pair of eyes on Madeline I’uarded by professionals—a role that E ly experience with Roger, I don’t want to put her in har to retaliate—”

“Get Emma out of there,” Ryan interrupted “She doesn’t need to face that asshole again And I didn’t come in here just to talk to you I need the whole team to hear this”

Abruptly Casey switched gears and focused on Ryan

“You found so What is it?”

“A pretty explosive so” Ryan explained what he’d discovered when he retraced Roger’s keystrokes

“So the video recording is ,” Casey said “Is it possible there’s another copy?”

“Madeline said that Conrad was obsessive about his work,” Claire reminded them “Could he have made a copy and taken it to Cres

t Haven with him?”

“There’s only one way to find out” Casey reached for the phone and dialed Conrad’s number

Conrad answered on the second ring “Hello?”

“Conrad? It’s Casey Woods I don’t mean to be abrupt, but I need to know if you ery”

“That’s odd,” he replied “My attorney called earlier and asked me the same question”

Casey’s warning bells went off “Did he tell you why?”

“Because the hospital’s counsel was requesting it I assuh I’ to help them I’ve scrutinized it over and over Still, I’d welcome a review by ues for their opinions a long ti I overlooked Maybe then I can live with o on with my life”