Location: Riverview Medical Center (Off-Site)
Transport: Facility Van
Escort: Nurse Halloran
Three days. Three goddamn days.
I lean back, blowing out a slow breath. “That’s our window.”
Gideon taps the page. “Limited staff. Controlled environment. They like keeping this quiet.”
“Quiet is good for us,” I say. “Fewer variables.”
He clicks on a different file.
Incident Report – Restricted
Access Level 4
It loads with a lag, then opens.
Gideon whistles under his breath. “Well. That’s something.”
I read over his shoulder.
Unauthorized call attempt. Repeated stress speech. Witnessed incident—details withheld. Monitoring recommended. Possible extended stay. ‘Accident’ prone possibility.
Extended stay. Because Abi is scared she’ll tell someone what she saw? The question is, what did she see? And what does ‘accident’ prone possibility mean?
My mind instantly screams they’ll get rid of her permanently and claim it was an accident.
Something inside me coils. “We’re getting her out. Three days. No excuses.”
Gideon leans back, rubs his eyes once, then looks at me. “Walk me through your plan because I know you have one.”
That’s why we work. He digs. I strategize.
“Clinic day means fewer eyes,” I say. “We go and follow the vehicle they take her to the clinic in. Then we go in clean—credentials, cover story, something that doesn’t raise alarms. We walk her out the back exit.”
“And Talon?” he asks.
“He’s outside. In the car. First face Minxy sees. Then we stash her with Penelope until we figure out what Abi thinks or knows that Minx saw.”
He nods. “She’ll be good for her.”
“She’s good for all of us,” I say before I can pull it back.
Gideon smirks but keeps his mouth shut.
He pulls up one more file—building blueprints, already downloaded.
“I found an access point at the back of the clinic,” he says. “Emergency exit. No cameras on the outer wall.”
“That’s helpful.” I trace the route with my finger. “Two turns. Thirty-second walk. If she freezes up or the escort gets suspicious, that time doubles. So we have to make it clean.”
He nods. “Agreed.”
We’re still studying the map when Penelope returns.
