The Truth Buried Deep Inside My Father’s Empty New Jersey Coffin
She looked at the leather binder under my arm, then at the open drawer where the drive had been.
“I see you found Raymond’s archive,” she said.
“He always was a sentimental fool.”
“He was a monster,” I said, my hand still resting on my weapon. “And so are you.”
Caroline sighed, a delicate, dismissive sound.
“He did what was necessary to keep you alive,” she said.
“You think Harlan Voss would have let you live if you were ordinary?”
“You were a liability the moment you were born, Natalie.”
“Raymond made you valuable.”
I stared at her, disgusted by the lack of emotion in her voice.
“He experimented on his own daughter,” I said.
“He saved your life,” she corrected me, her eyes narrowing.
“And now, you are going to save his.”
She took a step closer, stopping just outside my immediate reach.
The two men behind her shifted their weight, their boots scuffing the floor.
“What are you talking about?” I asked.
“Voss has your father,” Caroline said.
“He found him in Maine two days ago.”
“He is holding him at the Virginia facility.”