**Darius's POV**
I can't sleep.
Maybe if the call had come just a little later, I'd be sound asleep by now, holding my five-year-old jewel close. But no. Instead, I'm sitting here, in my office, flipping through a magazine—upside down. And yes, I know it's upside down. I'm painfully aware, but I keep reading anyway, or at least pretending to.
Jessica called Allison. Of all times, why did she have to call now? My head is a mess, trying to figure out the woman who offered me seventy million to hand Allison over to her. I haven't been able to make sense of it. As soon as I suggested a face-to-face meeting, the woman hung up, like she knew I'd already roped Zain into my plan to steal something from her—a biological sample for DNA testing. I need to know how she's connected to Allison.