First Lie Wins

Lucca, alias Regina Hale, goes to Georgia where she’s tasked with getting sensitive information about mob boss Victor Connolly from a woman named Amy Holder. Regina follows Amy to a bar where she knows Amy regularly gets drunk. Amy recognizes Regina as an imposter who wants something from her and drunkenly tells Regina to leave her alone. This public confrontation spooks Mr. Smith, who tells Regina to get the information by any means necessary. Regina follows a drunk Amy home and breaks into her house when Amy is so inebriated that she can’t get out of her car. Regina finds nothing worth giving to Mr. Smith.

When Amy sobers up, she realizes that someone has been going through her possessions and relocates to a hotel downtown. Mr. Smith orders Regina to “bring her in immediately” (282), so Regina heads to the hotel. Amy tells Regina she has proof that Mr. Smith has been double-crossing his own clients. Regina works with Devon to infiltrate Amy’s room.

In Atlanta, Evie meets with Rachel and two detectives who want to question her about her connection to Amy Holder’s death. Evie explains that she was using an alias to escape an abusive boyfriend, and that she knew Amy because they were members of the same country club—something the detectives can verify since Mr.