“He wants you isolated, Margaret,” Lin said, speaking so slowly that each syllable took a full breath.

“A client with no money and no phone line can’t easily instruct a lawyer.”

“He also thinks the drops are still working,” I said.

“He believes my mind is completely clouded.”

Lin leaned his back against the vinyl headboard.

“What are you proposing we do?”

“I am going back to the glass house tonight,” I said.

“If you step back inside that building, I can’t protect you,” Lin said.