“Aria!” I exclaimed, both in rage and relief. While I was glad to see she was alive, I was appalled that she was literally in the grasp of Chris Hansen.

“That’s Henry Bergmann’s wife,” someone whispered.

“What is she doing with Hansen?”

“Could he really have kidnapped her?”

“She doesn’t look kidnapped or held hostage to me.”

The Council President hit his gavel upon the table, soliciting silence from the crowd. ...