CHAPTER 25
Drisklay’s briefing was just as long and involved as his first one had been back in Massachusetts. Apparently, he had an entire twenty-minute speech memorized where he talked about all the dangers that might befall a protectee who leaves the program. Scare tactics, really. Except Lacy didn’t need those anymore. She had already been terrified into compliance.
Her next stop would be to a safe house out of state. Drisklay didn’t tell her where it was, just told her she’d fly out with him in a few hours. She’d wait there for a week or two, however long it took the department to put together her new cover identity. She listened to it all as if she were a distant observer. A member of the audience watching a crime drama in a theater. Maybe a new minimalist musical.
Definitely not a
