“Yes.”

She pointed toward my handbag.

“Check the small inside pocket.”

I opened my bag.

My fingers searched through the pocket.

Then I felt something hard.

I pulled it out.

A tiny black USB drive.

I stared at it.

“I’ve never seen this before.”

Sarah shook her head.

“Liam put it there himself.”

My hands began to tremble.

“What’s on it?”

“The truth.”

The elevator doors opened.

We stepped into the lobby.

People were walking around as if nothing had happened.

Security guards stood near the entrance.

For the first time, I thought we were safe.

Then my phone buzzed.

Unknown number.

I opened the message.

There was only one sentence.

You have ten minutes to leave the city.

Underneath it was a photograph.

I opened it.

It was a picture of my house.

Taken that morning.

I looked at Sarah.

Someone had been watching my home.

Someone knew exactly where my children were.

Then another message arrived.

And Emily… don’t trust Sarah.

I looked at my sister.

She was staring at the same message.

And then she whispered:

“It’s already too late.”

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PART 5

We didn’t go home.

Sarah drove.

I sat beside her, holding both USB drives in my lap.