The Broken Legacy of a Protective Mother and a Shadowed Empire
Miller lowered his badge, his expression hardening.
“Is that file authenticated?” he asked.
“It has routing numbers, dates, and the offshore accounts Vance used,” I said. “It’s all right here.”
I pressed a button on the side of the phone, darkening the screen.
“But you aren’t getting it until Marla Hensley is out of this hospital in handcuffs,” I said.
Miller looked at the phone, then out the window toward the flashing blue lights reflecting on the wet pavement below.
“That’s obstruction, Lauren,” he said.
“No,” I said. “It’s a trade.”
I pointed toward the hallway.
“She is down in the administrative offices on the second floor right now,” I said. “She’s trying to cover her tracks.”
Miller reached into his coat and pulled out a small black radio.
“This is Miller,” he said into the receiver. “I need a local unit to meet me on the second floor, administrative wing.”
He listened to the crackle of static for a second before looking back at me.
“And call the chief of medicine,” Miller added into the radio. “We have a security issue.”