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Madeline handed both to her

Stuffing theestured for Madeline to lead the way “Now, let’s go inside and find that recording”

There was plenty of room for the two of thee unit she’d rented was ten feet by ten feet—the size of a s stored in there, a clear path to the items and lots of empty space remained

Janet could easily shoot her in here, slam and lock the door behind her and vanish in Madeline’s car No one would hear a few popping sounds, not in Manhattan where the taxis, buses, construction work and croere loud enough to block out an alien invasion

Madeline’s cold, dead body wouldn’t be found until the stench of her rotting flesh pere facility

She wiped that thought froht noas to stretch out the ti and to try to catch Janet off guard

Madeline made her way down the middle of the unit, brows knit as she stopped to study one box after another

“Hurry up,” Janet ordered “And stop pretending you’re confused You knohere every daanize the entire hospital Plus, you’ve labeled every box”

Madeline squeezed her eyes shut, wishing at that anized slob

“Look e have here,” Janet noted aloud She waved the pistol at a stack of three boxes a little way down from where they stood “If I’m correct, those are labeled Conrad’s Tapes, are they not?”

Son of a bitch, Madeline thought

“Yes,” she said “My guess is that one of those three boxes has what you want in it The problem is, I don’t knohich one”

“Then we’ll look through theain, shoving her the short distance to where the stack of boxes was “Take down the top box We’ll start there”

Gingerly, Madeline reached for the box, favoring her ribs as she did Her visible discorasp on the fifteen-pound box until her hands were locked securely around it

In one sweepingthe box at Janet with all her ht