Susan sat on the edge of the bed. “Why would I do that?”
Luke shrugged, standing just across from her. “Too many people know about this place. Some of Chuck’s people know about it, and they’ve been arrested. They are in what amounts to Jefferson Monroe’s custody at this moment. They’re not going to hold out forever. The doctors and nurses that treated both of us—they’re not here. They left. I’m not blaming anyone, but that was foolish to let them go. People talk.”
Luke was making one last try to talk some sense into her. This argument had gone nowhere with her people an hour ago. He was convinced they had to leave, and yet they all wanted to stay put. They felt safe here. But they weren’t safe.
“Will you at least think about it?” he said. “If you decide it’s time to leave, they will lis
