days

y bedroom, shoving a few plain t-shirts into a

on the mattress. The caller I

ated, then

ernandez Plaza," Arthur Coleman's irr

e shirt dropped

continued. "She's holding a sign claimi

cold. Her mother

noise shifted to the dead silence

w, lethal voice vibrated against her ear

ft, whiny voice. "Israel, please don't g

l, I didn't know. I blocked her num

"Her little stunt is affecting my st

ing the silence

uys. You have exactly five hours to board it, get to Manh

"I start shooting my movi

cut off the trust fund keeping your father alive. I will have Brenda arrested for felony extort

hun

oot for the day, her hands shaking violently as she grabbed her bag and sp

ivate aviation terminal in New York. A bullet

hattan. The eighty-story Fernandez Pla

into the private elevator.

ors sl

desk. Ayla lounged on a white leath

. When she saw Karen, she shrieked, "Karen! Tell him it was a massiv

absolute humiliation. S

pered, staring at th

un a Montblanc pen between his fingers

Israel said loudly, making

rms around Israel's neck. "If she apologizes to

u heard her. Kneel. Apologize to Ayl

rned the back of her eyes. She looked at her

prison sentence, Karen slowly

arpet. She low

ked out to the woman w

p irritation flared in his chest, but he buried

l in," he