roll shouted. "S

is the liar standing behind yo

"I... I am a loyal s

e from his jacket. "Is that why you received a fifty-thousand-dollar

the enve

mestamped. An hour after you got the money, you called in sick and left a ten-year

onto the floor. They

nise, "has spent every day since then searchi

's making it up! She's some

so?" Al

. "How can you prove

e. "You... you have a mark. A birthmark. On you

. "I... I nev

r. Nannies dressed her. Carroll only sa

Ali

re said. He didn

orward. She knew

ress-the side she had slashed open with the sh

le skin, was the birthmark. A

gasp swept th

oked at Ali, really looked at her, and

er," Denise wept.

ss back up. She tu

said she was obsessed. If she was a stranger, how would she

er mouth, but n

the only reason you are lying is because you took a bribe to look the other way during my kidnapping. When I was re

ic was

loor, then at Hoover's terrified face. He realized the

rned

inger at Hoover. "You incompetent...

fell to her knees. "I was

roared. "I'm pressing charges! Frau

dragged away, sobbing, following

ic. The Lancaster fami

enter of the storm

" she

on her tongue. B

he smelled of cheap soap and rain, but

side. He lit a cigarette, ig

e. He didn't smile, but he dipped hi

tle Fish, his ey