PART 19: Rodriguez asleep on the couch with Netflix still playing. He woke her gently, thanked her, paid her double because it was 4:00 in the morning,…

PART 18: She didn’t run. She didn’t hide. She faced problems head-on and crushed them with superior force and resources. But looking at Nate’s exhausted face, thinking…

PART 17: I won’t let them win.” “It’s not about winning or losing.” “It’s always about winning or losing.” Claire snapped. “That’s the only language my world…

PART 16: They tried four times, which triggered an alarm that called my phone and the police automatically.” Claire looked at him, seeing him fully for the…

PART 15: She wondered what it would be like to have an ordinary life, to worry about oil changes instead of assassins, to make lists of good…

PART 14: “She’s remarkable,” Claire said, standing up and trying to compose herself. “She is,” Nate agreed, “and terrifying. She sees things other people miss.” “Like her…

PART 13: I want her to believe that good people can win, that systems can work, that everything broken can be fixed if you just care enough…

PART 12: Every new place we go, she maps out the exits, identifies the safe spaces, plans how to get out if something goes wrong.” “That’s” Claire…

PART 11: ” “I’m not a princess,” Claire said automatically. “That’s what a princess would say if she was hiding,” Stella countered, then coughed, a wet, rattling…