Katie snapped the window shut with obvious irritation. "They've already left. Are you planning to drive or just sit there? Don't lose sight of why we came out here."
Patty's anger simmered beneath the surface, but she kept her mouth shut. With Sergio nowhere to be found, neither she nor her family had any protection left.
The moment she tracked down her father and forced him to reveal where he'd stashed those classified documents, Katie would get what was coming to her.
'Does she really think she's untouchable just because they threw Harold out?' Patty thought bitterly.
Both women retreated into their own dark thoughts, the car falling into tense silence.
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Phoebe's POV
Lucas took the wheel for our return trip while Harold guided me into the back seat with gentle but firm hands.
My nerves were still too frayed. He wasn't about to let me behind the wheel in this state.
As for our scar-faced captive, we'd secured him thoroughly before dumping him in the trunk.
