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pulling his cap from his head as he turns to pace across the attic, closer to where I found the DVDs. The area that was once filled with boxes is now barren, proving Pitt has learned not to keep his goodies where someone sneaking in the window can find them.
    Not that he has any goodies left anymore.
    “No, Caitlin. I can’t let you go.” His voice is muffled now that his back is turned, but I can still hear him loud and clear. “You took something that belongs to me, and now you’re going to help get it back.”
    “How did you find out?” There’s no point in pretending I wasn’t the one who stole from him. He obviously knows. Now I want to know how. I want to know how Gabe and I screwed up, so we don’t do it again.
    Gabe is done with you, and you’re never leaving this room. Your days of breaking and entering and living to plan the next job are over.
    I clench my jaw, refusing to listen to the ominous voice in my head.
    “The dust.” Pitt points to the floorboards. “I was able to get two clear footprints, but they were so small…”
    He laughs as he turns back to me. “I thought it was a kid, one of my students. I was looking for your brother tonight, but then I saw those little black combat boots in your closet and the tread matched up just right…” He shakes his head. “I was surprised, Caitlin. I really was. You do such a good job of hiding what you are, coming off so sweet and honest and concerned about your brother.” He tips his chin down, casting his eyes in deeper shadow before he adds in an uglier voice, “but you’re just lying, thieving trash. Like the rest of your family.”
    “At least I’m not a murderer,” I say, voice shaking.
    Pitt smiles, a horrible smile that makes my belly churn as a tornado of acid sweeps across my stomach lining. “I spent over a month breaking in to little boys’ rooms because of you, Caitlin, and that really isn’t my thing. But I couldn’t let it go. You had to have known I would never let it go, not until I had them back with me. Where they belong.”
    “You’re not getting the DVDs back,” I say. “Not from me. I don’t know where they are. My partner hid them.”
    “A partner?” Pitt cocks his head, but I can’t tell if he’s really surprised.
    “Yeah, my partner,” I say. “He handles that kind of thing, and he’s going to be very fucking upset when he finds out I’m missing. It won’t take him long to figure out where I am. You should let me go.”
    “No,” Pitt says, but I hear a hint of doubt in his voice.
    “Just let me go,” I insist. “I won’t tell anyone what happened. Not even my partner. I’ll just go home and—”
    “You’re not going anywhere until I get what’s mine!”
    I cringe away from the fury in his voice, arms flinching up to cover my head before I can stop myself. I drop my hands back to my sides as quickly as I can, but I’m shaking all over and I know Pitt’s seen it, seen how scared I am.
    He sees it, and he likes it. I swear it’s like he grows three inches as he stands up straighter, spine stretching as he feeds on my fear.
    “If that’s true, then you’re right. Your partner will be able to figure out where you are…sooner or later,” Pitt says. “And when he does, I’ll be ready for him, and make sure he knows how very upset I am, and what it’s going to take to get you back.”
    A cold ball of fear knots in my chest, but I do my best to keep my expression neutral. Pitt can’t know the truth. If he figures out no one is coming for me, I’ll have no leverage at all.
    “He’s no dummy,” I say. “He’s not going to walk up to your front door and ring the bell. We broke into your house once without you knowing about it. He’ll be able to do it again. You have to sleep sometime…”
    I let my words trail off as I lift one shoulder. The unspoken threat hangs heavy in the air for a moment before Pitt grunts.
    “Then I’ll take the offensive.” He crosses to the left side of the