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there was still a chance he would lie.
    “No deal. I’ll take my chances with the legal system. You really don’t have anything on me, Thea. It was a simple error in all the confusion.”
    “Ah, but that’s not what you told me yesterday, and there were so many people who were there to listen to it all.”
    “All hearsay. Nobody was in the room , and if you taped our conversation it wouldn’t be admissible. You’ve got a dead hand, Thea. Give me what I want, and I’ll disappear.”
    “No. I may literally have a dead husband, but I’ll not let you walk away. You were planning on making my life miserable, taking my children from me, and heaven forbid Alex or my father might have gotten in your way. But, as you told me, they were minor inconveniences. Where would you have stopped, Lloyd?”
    “When I had it all,” he told her brazenly. She could hear another male voice in the background and realized it was his lawyer, advising him to hang up.
    “Lloyd, just remember one thing. I’ve got you on assault charges and attempted rape. The only reason you’re not sitting in a jail cell as we speak is because you might still prove useful to me. Don’t make me second-guess that decision. Your situation can be changed in the blink of my eyes. Give me the correct location and we’ll talk.”
    “Go to hell, Thea, along with your father and brother and especially your precious Dexter P. Norden. I hope he suffered, Thea. I hope every bone in his body was broken and he was alive long enough to feel the pain. Then I wanted him to slowly burn to death, to feel the flesh melt from his body. That’s what he deserved, along with his buddy, Russell.”
    “Are you bucking for the psycho route? Do you think it will help?”
    “I’m not crazy, Thea. I’ve never been more in my right mind than these last two years. I deserved so much more from all of you. I worked harder for that company than all of you together. And for what? For you to marry Dexter and Russell to be his sidekick, leaving me the office errand boy. I saw my opportunity and I took it.”
    “There was never anything between us, Lloyd, and you know it. Besides, I knew Dexter before he brought you into the company. What makes you think you had a right to even think I might have been interested in you? Dexter and I were a couple from the first time we met.”
    “It should have been me. I’ve always had to work harder and longer to get what Dexter sailed through.”
    “That’s because Dexter is a good person, Lloyd. He has heart and a kind soul, and he was smart. He worked hard for his advantages , and he played hard , too. You never could keep up with him and Russell, could you? Never athletic, always the third wheel as they say.”
    “ Bitch . When this is over, I’ll find you when you least expect it, Thea. And I won’t be kind to you then.”
    Again she heard a second voice in the background and the line went dead. She closed her eyes for just a moment before looking to Alex.
    “Did you get all that?” He hit a few buttons on the small recording machine in front of him, and they all listened to the playback of the conversation. “So now we sit and wait. For Lloyd to change his mind and try a second deal, for the rescue team to find Dexter and Russell?”
    “I’m sorry, Thea, it’s all we can do right now.” Alistair went and stood beside her, taking her hand in his. “I know you feel you should be doing something constructive, but for right now, we have to be patient. The team was given the new coordinates you and Alex put together.” Her father was trying so hard to reassure her , and she loved him for it.
    “I know, Dad, it’s just so frustrating.”
    “I know.”
    “Grace, Marie, anybody interested in a walk through the gardens? Lucas could probably use some exercise. I know I can.” Thea plastered a smile on her lips and headed toward the back door.

Chapter Three

    The next two days dragged by. With the time differences from the East Coast