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They reach each other in the middle of the parking lot.

Sage throws her arms around Sally.

The older woman holds her as if she has waited two years to do it.

Hayley stands a few feet away.

Tears run down her face.

I move beside her.

She slips her hand into mine.

“You got her.”

“We got her.”

Sally lifts her head and sees Hayley.

She goes still.

“You’re Sage’s mother.”

“Yes.”

Sally reaches for her.

Hayley steps into the embrace.

The three women hold each other outside the building where Navarro tried to kill them.

He failed again.

Taylor appears beside me with his computer.

“Trent found the rail crossing.”

“And Navarro?”

“Gone.”

My relief disappears.

“He abandoned another vehicle behind a warehouse.”

“Any sign of where he went?”

“Arthur found a freight manifest inside.”

“What kind?”

Taylor turns the screen.

A shipping document fills it.

Six first names are written across the bottom.

No last names.