Chapter 19: A Brush with Death

"You really know how to put on a show-quite the actress." The Bentley slipped out of the cramped lanes of the slums and merged onto a wide avenue. Only then did Carlos Yale speak. "Since I needed your help, of course I had to give you some face. At least it covered the sneers people threw at your family." Emery Quinny kept her eyes on the road, her tone cool and flat. She felt like a different person entirely-this was the real her. "Looks like you're sharp. You dug into my background and figured...