The Lesson Plan
Gabriel’s POV
Clara’s face went completely still, the specific stillness of someone who has been surprised so completely that the surface goes blank before the response can form.
She looked at me.
Held the phone toward me.
Speaker, she mouthed.
I reached over and pressed it.
“Mr. Carr,” I said. “This is Gabriel Vane.”
“I expected you’d be there,” Carr said. “You tend to be where Ms. Sterling is or she tends to be where you are. I’ve been uncertain which it is. Probably both.”
“How did you get this number?” Clara said.
“Arthur Pemberton, He’s been facilitating a great many connections recently, he called me last week. He said…” “He said it was time, that things had moved far enough that the
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