Chapter 314

CARSON FELT THE FOOTSTEPS before she heard them.

"Someone's coming," she said.

If Kawa figured it out, if he knew what she'd done, she didn't want him to take it out on her family.

"Stay here." Carson pushed to her feet then backed away from her family.

"What's going on?" Frankie asked.

"I gambled. I'm sorry, it was the only way to find you." Carson swallowed.

The lock scraped loose and the door swung open.

Kawa stepped in, gun in hand, and his gaze went straight to her.

"It's fake," he snarled and raised the gun.

"I know. I'm sorry." She held up her hands. Ryan had said they were motivated by money. She'd have to believe he was right. "But what did you expect? I can't get the accounts unfrozen that fast. It takes time."

"You had time."

"A few hours. I need at least twelve. Maybe a whole day. I-I could still do it." The lies tasted funny, but she got them out.

On TV people always tried to get their captors to empathize with them. See them as real people.