Chapter 0267

“You said you would tell him,” I said.

“”

“I was getting around to it.” Julian shrugged. “The right moment just hadn’t come up yet.‘

“You gave her that necklace to help her out specifically in this place,” Nicholas said. “I highly doubt that you couldn’t find a moment to tell me about it.”

“That’s the truth,” Julian said. “Besides, so long as one of us gets the message to help her out, does it matter which one?”

“Then switch it to me,” Nicholas said.

an argument they

I gave Nicholas a flat look. He wasn’t helping deescalate this argument shouldn’t even be having in the middle of Terry’s office while searching for secret compartments in his desk.

Nicholas deflated a little, under my look, though he didn’t uncross his arms. The moment his eyes returned to Julian, they hardened again.

“I wanted both,” I said.

“And I will set it to both,” Julian said. “The very next free moment I have.”

imagine it will take you two minutes on your phone,”

you don’t think we’re doing something

Nicholas was firm.

“Keep searching, Piper.” He retrieved his phone from his

a compartment along the top, but when I traced my hand

letter tucked

from the

were on his

letter then nearly dropped it. Nicholas caught it and

more to himself than anyone else. “It even says to

do anything?” Julian put his phone away. He scooched

over my

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“Hubris,” I said.

at a loss for

whistled. “It’s damn incriminating.”

to Terry, welcoming him to

years, long enough that he very well could have

Jane over to

swirled in my gut.

you recognize that

can’t make it out…” I said. I only saw swirls. There was no printed name

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