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“Hey, pal” One of the guys who’d just handed over his ticket for the valet to bring his car around finally decided enough was enough “Why don’t you back off?”

“Why don’t you oddamn business?” Wayne shouted

Then his hand shot out and he grabbedme to him

My heart stammered

“You are just too stupid for words,” he toldvoice

“Ari,” I heard Kyle in ?”

“Big, bad Wayne Horton thinks he’s going to whisk ainstaway the fact that he was listening in

Still, panic seized me But I only had one chance to finish this

“You actually killed your own brother” That seemed to be Wayne’s most vulnerable spot, so I twisted that knife

“Yes, you dumb bitch,” he seethed in his quiet tone “I killedbrother” He leaned in close “You’re next, pretty girl”

A part of me wondered if there was still a card left to play

What could it be?

Barely breathing, I ed to say, “You think this will close the loop Complete Vale’s botched mission Then you can vanish hateverto happen You won’t get very far, ith all of these witnesses”

“I a”

He had me on that one But he didn’t know about my insurance policy—Kyle and the FBI