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The mother and son exchanged a look, each swallowing back the words on the tip of their tongues, and turned away in silence.

Once Derek was alone, he pinched the bridge of his nose, a headache throbbing behind his eyes as he tried to steady his pounding heart.

Finally, he picked up the phone and dialed a number.

It was answered almost immediately. "Sir?"

"Keep a close eye on Finch. And Dan, too. Search everyone around them, turn everything upside down if you have to."

Derek's voice was sharp and cold.

He'd never really trusted Dan, and as for Finch... Well, right now, he trusted no

one.

All he wanted was to find Susanna and hand her over to Yvonne.

That damn girl-who would've guessed her connections would be so tangled? She'd put Black Gate right at the edge of ruin.

"Yes, sir."

Derek was about to hang up when he paused. "Wait. Check around Adelle, too. Quietly."

There was a beat of stunned silence on the other end, then, "Understood."

Derek had never doubted his beloved Adelle before, no matter what had happened or who he suspected over the years.

But now, even she wasn't above suspicion.

stepped outside together, both

people watching

hardline tactics from yesterday. It'd be

just find Susanna and hand her over

Yvonne take Susanna and get out

here and Black Gate would

fuming from the dressing down in the study, spat, "Why the hell are they blaming us for taking

Susanna made Finch's

child, yet somehow the Quinn family, the Schultz family, even Mr. Miguel, were all ganging up on

proof, but we still have to help find her." That

Let

Susanna, but here they were forced

to explode. "This is

turf up at Pigeon

keep tabs

out who really

like Hull had warned: everyone suspicious, everyone turning

had people watching

people watching

had people watching Finch, Derek,

was a paranoid free-for-all, all for one

were busy tearing each other apart,

Black Gate's

of those assets? They belonged to Adelle, some to

were being pushed to