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“We believe Greg wanted to know what you had discovered.”

“He could have killed me anytime.”

“Not without knowing who else had your information.”

Sean looks at Taylor.

“Her laptop.”

Taylor nods.

“Greg went to the motel for the investigation,” Sean says. “Hayley was carrying everything she found.”

“And I left it behind when I escaped through the window.”

Vega speaks through the phone.

“That may have saved your life. Greg didn’t get the computer.”

“He got me.”

“But he didn’t get your evidence.”

Evidence that led Sean, the Iron Ridge Protectors, and Sheriff Vega to the Silver Crown Mine.

Evidence that helped rescue twenty-one girls.

Daniel and Greg used me as bait.

They still lost.

“What happens to Daniel now?” I ask.

“He’s facing federal charges. Trafficking-related charges are likely once investigators finish connecting his files to the missing girls.”

“Likely?”

“I won’t promise charges before the evidence supports them.”

“Can he get out?”

“Not anytime soon.”

“That isn’t an answer.”

“It’s the one I have.”

Sean’s expression tells me he understands why Vega answered that way.

I don’t.

I want Daniel locked behind a steel door for the rest of his life.

I want every frightened mother he lied to standing outside when it closes.

“What about Navarro?” Sean asks.

“We’re looking.”