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"She cannot be ry "Look, doctor, I’rabbed his boss’s arainst it! He’s saying she’ll die! Annabelle will die!"

Crow looked darkly at the two of theed the hand off his arm and stepped away down the hail The three policemen eyed him suspiciously but made no move Jack had called in every chit and favor he had with the Dallas Police to keep fro But nobody had actually told the patrolmen just exactly why these heavily armed and obviously fresh-from-violence people weren’t to be touched And they ary

"Dammit!" muttered Jack and looked at his watch "Dammit!" he repeated when he saw the tiht and most of the day Because it was three o’clock in the afternoon How ht?

Until they caain, "it’s not just a matter of blood loss It’s the trauns are very low, her heart has fluttered, she has a concussion, she - "

"Hell, doctor, she’s awake, for chrissakes!"

The doctor re woh to leave intensive care Not for at least oneShe must have the IVs She ently, "Don’t worry, Mr Crow We’ll take good care of her She’ll be fine"

Jack Crow looked at the man and knew hewith and he knew so else: there was no way the Team could ever convince hiainst the corridor ith his ar sinister with his bandaged head over the even dozen stitches they had had to give him He uncrossed his arms and stepped away from the wall

"Is there a place a rooratefully and led the froency Rooy cardboard coffee cups and overflowing ashtrays, so machine, a pay phone

The three men sat down and added to the s to have to risk it, you know"

Crow didn’t look at hiarette

Cat exchanged a look with Felix before trying again

"We can’t move her, Jack And well, we can put sensors outside, out in front, so we’ll know they’re colared at him "They know she’s hurt, Cherry Do you really believe they won’t come?"

Cat just looked at hiaze "No"

And it was quiet for a while

"But we’ve got soht They’ll probably come in the front - ouldn’t they? And we’ll hear theain," said Felix, interested

"We move her out the back Miles of hallways in this place We’ll just wheel her down the hall and into an elevator and just pick a route out the back Look, I’ve checked it out I know just where to park the Blazer

And he went on for a while in convincing style and reat opportunity instead of the disaster it was

Felix sat in silence as be spoke, hating it They all knew better When would they co to stop theht? And did anyone really believe they could just trot through this hospital wheeling a critical patient? Fighting va the way?

Felix sat there and listened to Cat and watched Jack Crow and saw hih to tend to Carl’s body And then relaxed and relieved and hopeful before ten le-handed

And now Cat trying to convince everybody this was all going to be all right

The Gun abruptly when he saw the smile

"What is it, Felix?" Jack asked "What do you think of the Plan, here?"

"It stinks"

"I suppose you’d like to just get out of here"

"I sure would"

"Are you?"

Felix felt his own s Do you bastards really think I’d abandon Annabelle? Or you, Crow, after what you’ve done?

"Jack," he said at last, "you’re a real prick"

Crow eyed him a moment "True," he replied seriously

And"Okay, okay, okay," he continued wearily "I guess we’re stuck with Cat’s little sche new?"

"’Fraid not"

"’Fraid you’d say that Okay But I want two escape routes Get back to the bishop’s and fetch the ure out where we should stash the vehicles And you’d better take Davette soht? The one by the Galleria?"

"She won’t go," said Father Adam from the doorway "Huh?" asked Jack

Adam shook his head "She won’t leave Annabelle’s side" Felix snorted "Like hell she won’t You just - "

Cat shook his head, too "She won’t, Felix"

Crow and Felix exchanged looks

"This is crap," said one of theently "We’re getting down to it And everybody’s got his own style"

Felix stared at him like he was from Mars