“I can’t,” he snapped, “at least not adequately. Suffice it to say that Gardner went crazy, and Corbin after him ...” He hurriedly snipped Taher’s bonds.
“What about the girl,” said Charlotte. “What about—”
“The girl,” growled Red, “in case you haven’t noticed, isn’t what she appears to be.” He paused long enough to look her in the eyes. “I’m sorry. But if you want to survive this mess, you’re just going to have to trust me.”
She looked up at him, a hundred different emotions racing through her mind, then suddenly relented. Because the truth of it was: she did trust him. Trusted him, and loved him, too. “I do,” she said.
He crouched next to Frank Miller in the doorway, and she joined them.
The Nano-T and the cat were locked up in furious combat now, each of them as battered and b****y
