“Good to see her out,” Mo-bot remarked.
Justine and I nodded.
“The DA is still figuring out how to prosecute Rafael,” Sci said. “It looks likely he’ll face conspiracy to murder.”
I shook my head. Rafael’s role in all this was one of my greatest disappointments. He could have come to any of us. Instead, his life and those of so many others had been ruined. My thoughts turned red every time I thought about his betrayal of Private, but there was sadness for him too. He’d been taken advantage of by an evil man. I would never forgive Rafael, but I would probably never stop pitying him either.
“You think West will take you up on your offer?” Mo-bot asked.
“I hope so. Carver arranged for him to have two weeks stateside to visit family and then he’s going back to Moscow.”
“For now,” Sci remarked.
“For now,” I agreed.
“So, are you ready?” Mo-bot asked. “We’ve got a plane to catch.”
“I think so,” I replied, looking at Justine.
“Perfectly ready,” she said. “Let’s go.”
She took my hand and we started our journey home.
Acknowledgments
We’d like to thank our editor, John Sugar, editorial coordinator, Katya Browne, and the team at Penguin for their excellent work on this book. We’d also like to thank you, the reader, for joining Jack Morgan and the Private team on another adventure, and hope you’ll return for the next one.
Adam would like to thank James Patterson for his continued support and guidance. He’d also like to thank his wife, Amy, and their children, Maya, Elliot, and Thomas, for being such great inspiration, and his agent, Hannah Sheppard, for her diligence and good counsel.