“Why are we steering clear of county facilities?” Richard asked, his thumb digging hard into the scar on his hand.

“The regional health network sends every admission report straight into the county sheriff’s department server,” Michael said.

“Ethan Caldwell holds the data contract for that whole network.”

“He can get straight into hospital intake records?” Richard asked.

“He built the system,” Michael said, his voice dropping lower still.

“If her name shows up at a local triage desk, an alert goes straight to his private security team before the doctor’s done with the chart.”

Richard cleared his throat, his eyes sweeping the highway ahead as the first overhead signs for downtown came into view through the trees.