Her face stayed still. “An apology is not a bridge, Adrian. It’s only an acknowledgment that a bridge was burned.”

“Then I’ll start with the acknowledgment.”

“You’re here because you need something.”

“Yes.” She looked at him sharply. “I need you alive. I need Crestwood stopped. I need to repair the damage I helped create. And I need to become a man who would have seen you without twelve cars explaining your value to him.”

He paused. “I don’t expect you to believe that last part yet.”

Before Lena could answer, Sarah hurried in. “We found another layer.” She set a laptop on the table.