When the tears finally stopped, she felt empty but somehow lighter.
"What happens now?" she asked.
"Now we disappear," Carmen said. "The safe house is off the grid. No one knows about it except Chen's inner circle. You'll stay there for a few weeks while we arrange new identities. Then we move you out of state. Somewhere Dante won't think to look."
"And my family?" James asked. "Your people said they were moving them—"
"They're already at a different location. Once we verify you're secure, we'll bring them to you. One at a time, carefully." Carmen checked her tablet. "But it'll take time. Could be weeks before you see them."
James nodded, processing this. "And what does Mr. Chen want in return?"
"Information. Everything Nova knows about Dante, his operations, his people. Layouts of p
