“On the contrary, I’m just making sure there’s no room for doubt,” Aleks says. “The girl who you say you found in my house… I’d like to see her.”
Hargrove scowls. “Olivia, do you hear this? He wants to meet the girl he abducted, r***d and drugged? She’s seen enough of him, I think.”
“She deserves to tell her story,” Aleks replies calmly. “And if I am indeed her captor, then I’m sure she’ll have no problem saying so if it means putting me away for life. Wouldn’t you say, Hargrove?”
“I’m not traumatizing the girl by bringing her out here,” he retorts. “I’m not putting her within your reach just so you can kill her to keep her silent.”
Aleks shakes his head. “I came here to kill only one person today, Hargrove. Just one.”
Hargrove’s eyes narrow as he grins. The effect is unsettling, and
