We’d gone charging into that apartment thinking that it was the perfect place to kill the target. We’d been so busy thinking about attack, we hadn’t thought about defense.
And now he’d done it again.
At the Airbnb, The Chameleon had showed us he had evidence on all our past kills. He’d used that as leverage to make us come here tonight.
But why?
He’d had people following us. He could’ve got us at any time at home.
It must be because he didn’twantto get us at home.
Was it because our children were there, always with us? Maybe he wanted us here to get us alone?
Did he want us here, without our children, so they wouldn’t be harmed?
Or—
Did he want us here, without our children, so theycouldbe harmed?
I felt my handbag vibrating. I took out my phone.
Jenny.
I answered it without speaking. I knew whatever she was going to say would be bad. I braced myself, but I still fell to my knees when she got the words out through her racking sobs.
Bibi.
He’d taken Bibi.
His last big job wasn’t happening at Balgray.
It was at our home.
Him taking Bibi was what all of this had been leading up to.
With all this running around we’d been doing, we’d thought we were chasing him—but he’d been drawing us in.
We’d done exactly what he wanted. And now he had our daughter.
My heart was breaking.
Everything was spinning.
I couldn’t breathe.
My worst nightmare was coming true. My child was in danger. And it was all our fault.
Chapter Sixty
Fox
“Fox!”Haze’s voice came throughmy headset. But she didn’t sound right.
I walked back into the main hall, trying to find her. I spotted her at the other side of the room, her shoulders stiff, her phone gripped to her ear. I watched as she fell to her knees, her right hand still gripping her phone.
I ran to her, pushing past people in my way. I scooped her up off the floor and propped her up on my shoulder.
“Bibi…Bibi…She’s gone.” She managed to get the words out.
