h in a row of perfect smiles. Inside, i

slumped on the sofa. Meredith wa

shrieked when she saw Elayne. "You use

r. "I was busy saving

walk away

," Richard groaned

door and leaned against

pried up a loose floorboard.

b. A small lump was breathing rhythmically. He was sa

the nanny,

Elayne whispered. "Tom

gins said, her voice worried.

said, trying to convince he

indow. She pulled

cross the street. Men in sui

ar's

er home. He had put h

a bag, they would follow. If she went to Que

idn't

he door. Behind him was a team o

Miss Baxter,"

yne said. "I'll use the

room and locked the door. Sh

t. It opened into a narrow alleyway filled

f garbage bags, landing hard on her ankle. Pain sh

he alley, out onto the side s

she gasp

buzzed. Mr

ng up. It's 104. He

e plan to hide him, the pl

ne screamed at the driver. "Tu

. She didn't care about the

twenty minutes later. Mrs. Higgins

her son. His sk

creamed. "Som

baby. Elayne collapsed into a

r an hour, stari

the silence. The

look

area was Cornell Conrad. He wasn't looki

hrough the automatic

sterile, fluorescent light.

raight to he

? The baby is stable. It was

obbed wi

he looked at Elayne. Then he look

r asked. His voice w

friend's," she lied. "She... she's i

bored into hers. He knew she

ess is outside. A freelancer followed us from t

the photographer's memory card. And his car, if you have to. The story is that Miss Baxter was visiting a child f

't lea

oldly. "You are coming with me. Unless you want the world