JOSH

"You came prepared," she whispered.

"Yes, I sure did, and you might end up not dead before the end of today."

"Then let's strike a reasonable deal. I know everything and everywhere in his penthouse; I can cry my way back into his house; I still have got a card to his door, I still know the gate lock, I still have Alex wrapped around my fingers, so reconsider," she pleaded.

Though she sounded confident, her shaky voice betrayed her. I had never seen someone so selfish and greedy to ...