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"You don’t s and camera cases in the air Movement is what catches the eye Move?"

I assured him that I had I don’t think he believedaodda seen You think you knowto do exactly what I tell you exactly when I tell you or I’ to leave you here"

He didn’t like the smile on my face, but I couldn’t help iven him in the cabin before the Silver Bay raid

"You’ve been holding that in for quite a while, haven’t you?" I said

"A little bit, yeah," he said Noas s, too

"Tell me what to do"

"Get your camera out now," he said "Be ready by the time we’re in position No sudden movements of any kind, I don’t care if a horsefly the size of an Apache gunship parks in your ear Don’t even take deep breaths No talking"

"Yes, sir"

I followed Roy back toward the clearing He spent asforward We found a position with an unobstructed view of both the gate and the front and side of the remote vault From there I was able to take photos of all the cars that entered the compound, emphasis on their license plates Assorted vehicles started arriving at 8:00 AM They’d roll up to the gatehouse, the drivers would lean out theand punch a code into the keypad, the ar, parking with their front bu the white brick Afterward, the drivers would ray metal door and punch a code into another keypad, wait a moment, then yank the door open Three of the drivers were outfitted in crisp, clean guard unifor out their garages

"It’s dirty work handling money," I whispered It was the first time I’d spoken since Roy’s lecture and I was surprised he didn’t whack ain Maybe he didn’t hear "These people, there should be several containers of baby wipes on the tables where they count the money so they can clean off the black, waxy filers It’s the reason bank tellers take so eruess he did hear me

An armored truck arrived at exactly 9:03 AM I wrote down the time in a small notebook It had the name Mesabi Security printed on the side, except unlike the other trucks I had seen, this one was all shiny and new It rolled up the gate and paused The ar a code into the keypad The truck followed the road leading to the remote vault, veered off near the end, circled the white building, and cae door The door rolled up slowly; the truck went through it and stopped I could see the rear bumper as the door slowly closed

"Bandit trap," I whispered "Series of rooms Impossible to open a door to the roo the door behind you first Digital cameras cover each of the traps If a door is left open for o off"

"Hm from a door on the far side of the re till it reached the road, and drove toward the gate The arm went up before the truck reached it The truck didn’t even slon, and it soon disappeared down the narrow dirt road At 10:33, the first of the arer terminal arrived, followed by the second truck at 10:38

"Thecassettes with twenty-dollar bills that they took frouards in these trucks will take the cassettes and load the their route"

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Both of the Mesabi Security trucks were gone by 11:15 AM Fifteenin the remote vault left, too They drifted back at about noon, and the other half left Everyone was on hand at 1:30 PM when the third armored truck arrived That truck departed at about 2:05, and a few minutes later, most of the e, until 3:00 PM Afterward, we slowly and cautiously worked our way around the white building, approaching it froraphs When we reached the backside of the building, I was surprised to see what appeared to be a narrow abandoned road that ht up to the cyclone fence Yet there was no opening in the fence

"Probably used it when they were building the place," Roy said

"For what?"