They don't bother to check the cash and that, as much as anything that's been said, is April's indication that this isn't over. They aren't going to just stop because Caden has given them money. Now they know they can get more and she's already making plans. She'll call Robert or maybe she'll wait until she's back in town, but she's going to take steps to make sure this doesn't happen again. It's Caden she's worried about, it's the people she's come to call friends, Coop and Spencer and even Les. And it's herself, of course, she doesn't want to spend her life dealing with this.

"Thanks," the man with the briefcase says. He's the one who's been doing all the talking and April has memorized him, his face, his voice, his mannerisms. She'll find him again. Or someone will.

They open the door and he tips them a grin. "Be seeing you."

And then they're gone and April takes three quick steps across the room, throwing the deadbolt. She doesn't think they're going to come back, but she doesn't want to run the risk either. Then she reaches up and rips the tape off her mouth, gritting her teeth against the pain.