“Yes.”
Dane was gone.
He checked in again at nine-fifty-two. “In the front hall. Eleanor met us. Cabot’s smooth.”
I was at the kitchen window when Dane came back on the comm ten minutes later. “Cedar wall. Matches Köhler’s description. Cavity behind the partition where he said it would be.”
“Copy.”
Six minutes later: “Vestibule. Single access from the corridor. One door and one window. Catering moves through here.”
“Copy.”
The third came at ten-thirty.
“Corridor matches. Ninety feet. Joint at the eastern post. Orchids banked exactly where Köhler said. I shot Eleanor in front of the cedar wall. The cavity is eighteen inches behind her left shoulder.”
The line went quiet.
The architecture was real. Köhler had been right. The cavity was where it was supposed to be, and there was a wedding in five days. We still didn’t have the device.
I went down to the kitchen.
“Dane is in?” Köhler asked.
“He’s in. The wall is where you said it would be . You told me the truth.”
I refilled his mug.
“Farrow, what’s the plan for after the wedding?”
“Eamon has a federal placement waiting. You’ll be out of the country with all you need. You won’t be told the specifics of where until you’re in the air.”
Reed called from the door, “Farrow, black sedan at the gate.”
I joined him and looked at the camera feed. The driver’s window was down, and a gloved hand held up a phone to the camera.
“Says he’s a delivery for the parent estate,” Reed told me. “Says the gate code at the main house didn’t work.”
I tapped the comm. “Dane. Black sedan at the gate. Says delivery for the parent estate.”
A two-second pause.
“Don’t engage. Get Köhler off the ground floor. Call Eamon.”
I followed the instructions and called Eamon. He picked up on the first ring. I reported the sedan and read him the license plate.
“Stand by.”
I heard him typing.
“Farrow, that plate is registered to a shell on Wiley’s Onyx Bay tracking list.”
I closed my eyes for one breath.
“They’ve found the property. Whoever’s in that car was sent to confirm an address. They have it confirmed.”
“What’s the call?”