I shake my head. “My brother’s fiancée disappeared over a year ago. No note, no warning signs, no explanation. Just poof, gone. And that just doesn’t make any sense. I mean, my brother’s an FBI agent. He has access to resources other people don’t have. He’s certain that Aleks is the one that took her.”
She stares at me with an unreadable expression. “Do you believe that she’s dead?”
“My brother doesn’t think so, but… it’s been too long for her to still be alive,” I say. “Listen, Yulia: the FBI is closing in on Aleks. They’ll find out what really happened. And when they do, he’s going to be put away for his sins. Do you really want to go down with him?”
“What are you trying to say, dear?”
“I’m trying to say that, if you help me, I can help you when they come for him.”
She looks at me l
