We left Ashford's office building with the FBI escort surrounding us, but I knew he would retaliate.
Timothy's face was grim and dangerous. "Ashford has deep government connections, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement contacts. He'll come after you hard and fast."
"What do we do?"
"You disappear tonight. Take your family underground until we can build a new case properly."
Katherine's hand moved to her stomach. She was six weeks pregnant and at high risk. "I'm on bed rest, and you know it's a high-risk pregnancy. I can't be moving around constantly."
"Then we find one secure location. You hide there with the kids and wait while we build the case."
I called Susan, Katherine's best friend since high school, to explain the situation.
"I have an inherited property in upstate New York. It's remote and off-grid, different from the other one you've stayed at before. My late uncle Albert bought it years ago, and almost nobody knows about it."
