KATE I cried myself hoarse until there was nothing more left in me to spill. My mind kept churning frightening imaginations, all of them ending with Ruthmayer getting a hold of my son, having his way with my poor little baby. I know we had put several measures in place to defeat Ruthmayer, but I was the biggest failsafe in dealing with him, and I had failed. What were the odds that any of the others would be successful? Plus, he had been impersonating Marco for so long, chances were he knew everything we had planned and how to work his way around it. I should have seen it. Fuck, I should have been more vigilant. The subtle inconsistencies, the way he always lingered, his too-perfect timing… It had all been there, But I had failed to see it. And now, because of my blind trustfuln