Chapter 83

I look at Grant in shock. “What?!”

He ignores me and focuses on Duplass. “Full confession – on two conditions.”

“What?” the FBI agent asks. I can see the greed in his eyes. He’s practically licking his lips.

“One, you let Eve and my friends walk. No charges, no nothing. That’s non-negotiable.”

“Impossible.”

Grant leans back in his chair. “Okay. Never mind.”

Duplass squints. “Say that I can get them off the hook. What’s the second condition?”

“I’m going to give you a list of everybody I stole those paintings from. At least one of the people on the list has to admit that something was stolen, or I walk free. After all, if nothing went missing, then I didn’t commit any crimes.”

Duplass grins nastily. He can’t believe his good fortune. “That’s it?”

“That’s it.”

Duplass mulls it over for a second. Then he slaps a pen and a piece of paper in front of Grant. “It’s a deal. Except I have a condition of my own.”

“What?”

Duplass points at me. “If I agree to your terms, then she stops the documen