While I was all for last-ditch efforts, I wasn't exactly buying her plan. "What will that accomplish?" I hated to be the voice of doom, but...

Yeah. But.

Olivia actually looked at me like I was an innocent child who needed to be taught a valuable lesson in the way the world worked. "This is a small town, Fee," she said, "and the residents are easily swayed. Trust me, I've done it enough times myself, I know this will work. But if Geoffrey catches wind we're ...