How a Nine Minute Lie Exposed a Wealthy Family and Saved a Child
Sarah turned around, her attention pulled away from the judge.
“What is it, Nathan?” she asked.
Nathan showed her the screen of his phone.
I leaned over to look, my heart skipping a beat.
The message was from Nathan’s private security team.
There was a photo attached of a black SUV parked on the tarmac of a private airfield.
Below the photo was a line of text.
*Target bypassed the hotel. Flight plan just filed for Nassau.*
“Where is Grant?” I whispered, looking around the courtroom.
He wasn’t at the defense table.
He hadn’t been there all afternoon, but I had assumed he was waiting in the hallway.
“He’s not in the building,” Nathan said, his voice dropping to a low, dangerous register.
He tapped the screen, scrolling down to a second message that had just arrived.
*Local contact confirms forged emergency custody order signed by Clerk Higgins.*
My hands began to shake.
“What does that mean?” I asked, my voice rising in panic.
“He bypassed the court,” Nathan said, his eyes meeting mine.
“He’s taking Rosie.”