easily now.
“Should I alert security?”
“They know.”
“That ruins the drama.”
His mouth curved.
It was the first full smile I had seen from him.
I sat beside him.
For several minutes, we listened to the rain.
Then he said, “You read the letter.”
“Yes.”
“I didn’t know what it said.”
“You carried it anyway.”
“Mara gave me the satchel before we separated that night. I put it in the locker because I realized I was being followed.”
“Why did you take the health center car?”
“Your mother told me you were scheduled to use it the next day.”
I looked at him.
“You believed someone would come after me.”
“I believed Vale thought your father had given you copies.”
“So you made yourself the target.”
“I planned to leave the car at the station and meet a security officer.”
“But Mara changed the meeting place.”
He nodded.
