"I'd say it's definitely worth checking out," he replied. "If we can, of course. I don't know how, but the best way I can think of to go about this is finding a safe place to check that thing out, at least for a while, and then contacting your dad for a deal. If it's something he wants because he's trying to keep it private, we threaten to make it public, and if it's information he needs for himself, we threaten to destroy it. What exactly are you trying to get from him anyway? I mean, I already know that you're some mafia princess, so I highly doubt your answer would surprise me."

He figured he would be safe once her father knew that the disc was no longer with him, but he had mixed feelings about Roxy. Sure, he never asked to be snatched off the street and pulled back into this mess, but surely she had never asked to have such a life either? Granted, her approach could have been better, but that did not matter now. Something was keeping him from leaving her in the lurch, even if he was going to have the opportunity to do so before this was all over. Perhaps he was looking for closure he never knew he wanted.

"Regardless, if we want to access it, we have to do it soon. I can foresee my face being on the local news by tomorrow, and then we'll have to do everything else in hiding somewhere. This vehicle of yours is going to run out at some point as well. We might be able to create a diversion to mislead your dad's people when we ditch this. If you haven't though it out, I guess now's as good of a time for us to as any."