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Wendy agreed, her smile anxious

Going against their e worked for the Fargos for this long, knew the dangers that see how many millions of dollars’ worth they’d recovered over the years That was not the career that Pete or Wendy would have chosen, no matter how much money, both content with their , when they weren’t helping Selos

But the school was different Planning and helping to build it had brought Pete and Wendy even closer, and they found their lives enriched by working with the girls Perhaps that’s why, for the first tian to picture a very different life with Wendy One that entailed soood job that allowed them time to play at the beach

He wanted time with her

If he couldn’t have that, the next best thing was knowing that she, and everyone at the school with her, was safe Which irls “I’ out to call for help”

They nodded Monifa looked over at her husband, then Pete “Maybe you should take Yaro”

The caretaker patted his right hip, where his gun was holstered

Not knohat he ht, and no talking, until the door’s closed again”

When Monifa switched off the battery-powered lantern, plunging the tunnel into darkness, Wendy wrapped her hand around Pete’s neck, pulling hi him

“I will” He cli it over, listening for any source of noise as he pushed the trapdoor upward about an inch Hearing nothing but the frantic bleating of the goats, Pete climbed out

Yaro followed “Soain”

The two uns When Wendy closed and latched the door, Pete nodded at Yaro and slipped out of the shed

Perhaps he’d ns that the bandits had left But other than the goats, the rest of the courtyard was e faint illustones and planters Pete and Yaro crossed over toward the ed their way out to the front of the school, alar fro

They raced back into the courtyard

, into the uisher off the wall and the portable water pu it out to the front