Chapter 20
Chapter 20: The Hour Before Dawn
With twelve hours until Chen's deadline, Alex and Evelyn work through the night to prepare their disclosure. Sophia arrives with unexpected insight, and a quiet rooftop moment between Alex and Evelyn shifts something between them. Mack and Daniel hold the perimeter as the clock winds down, and Alex makes a final decision about how to face the morning.
The coffee had gone cold twice before anyone spoke again.
Daniel Cross leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed, watching Alex like he was reading a contract with hidden clauses. "Twelve hours isn't a lot of time to figure out how to tell a man you're handing him a problem he didn't ask for."
"It's not a problem," Evelyn said. "It's a solution he hasn't seen yet."
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