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“I said get up.”

The dark-haired girl beside me slowly rises.

The others follow.

I stay where I am.

The guard looks at me.

“You too.”

“Where are you taking them?”

“None of your business.”

“It became my business when you locked me in here.”

He steps into the room.

Bad decision.

I watch his hands.

His weapon is holstered.

There’s a radio clipped to his vest.

A ring of keys hangs from his belt.

“You want Navarro angry because you damaged his insurance?” I ask.

He stops.

Good.

Greg called me insurance.

That means Navarro wants me alive.

Probably unharmed enough to use against Sage.

I hate knowing that.

Right now, I can use it.

“Get up.”

“Where are you taking me?”

“You’re staying.”

The girls begin crying.

“No.”

His expression changes.

“What did you say?”