Chapter 323

"What do you mean, disappeared?" Harry asked, his voice edged with growing irritation.

A bitter, ironic laugh slipped out of me, echoing through the cold, sterile room at the precinct. The situation was so absurdly predictable it almost felt laughable. if it weren't so infuriating.

"With money and influence," I replied, my voice dripping with a cynicism I barely recognized in myself. "I've seen th