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Chapter 90— The Safehouse

作者: J L FLETCHER
last update 最終更新日: 2025-10-22 16:01:22
The silence in the safehouse was heavy.

Kofi sat at the edge of the table, cigar smoldering between his fingers. Smoke curled in the air. Ryder leaned against the window, arms folded tight, his reflection glinting off the cracked glass. In the corner sat Harris. He nursed a flask and muttered prayers that had long since lost their power.

“Someone say something,” I said finally, because the silence was eating at me.

Kofi blew a slow ring of smoke. “You want me to start with the good news or the bad?”

“There’s good news?” Ryder muttered.

Kofi shrugged. “We’re still breathing. That counts for something.”

Ryder gave a sharp laugh. “Barely.”

The pregnant woman sat on the couch with her knees tucked up, eyes too wide for comfort. Her hands rested protectively over the curve of her stomach, like she could shield both herself and the life inside her from the world we’d just seen.

“What the fuck do we do now?” Ryder finally said. “We just gonna sit around here and play house?”

“Well, w
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