THE PRICE OF THEIR NAME
A driver will be dispatched.
I threw the tablet onto the bed. It landed silently on the thick duvet. Trapped. Every door, every window, every file was secured.
I started tearing through the room again, ignoring the expensive furniture, desperate to find anything hidden before the Volkovs came into my life.
I remembered a small, old, wooden box I used to keep under my mattress—a small emergency fund for when the gallery was completely dry.
I rushed to the heavy, king-sized bed, threw off the custom-made silk bedding, and hauled the massive mattress up. It was heavy, too heavy for me to lift easily. Panting, I finally saw the space beneath the frame.
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