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Kat wasn’t surprised to hear their silence

Simon was the only one who moved "The Visily Roht in 1932? The Visily Romani who made off with half the croels of Russia in 1960?" Sweat gathered on Simon’s brow "The Visily Ros "Don’t worry, Simon" He popped another sandwich into his mouth "It’s orse than you think"

Kat could practically feel the Bagshaws’ excitement

Ha theus see in his head "If he did a job in thirty-two, doesn’t that make him kind ofold?"

"Visily Romani is one of the Pseudoniuy" Angus trailed off, but pointed to the man on the screen

"He could be anyone," Simon finished

Kat turned and stared out theat the gardens and the grounds, the trappings of Hale’s world, as she thought about the laws of hers "He could be anywhere"

Si to pace "So we’re all here because we’ve got to" he sta to the screen "You mean this is a" He stopped and put his hands on his hips His shirt was peeking out fro redder by the second "I was under the ihtly"

"Not to be messed with?" Gabrielle answered for him Then she smiled "Oh, they’re not Or, well, they weren’t"

"You can walk away right now All of you," Kat reminded them "Uncle Eddie has already said it can’t--or maybe that it shouldn’t--be done" She drew a deep breath, wondering for a moment if there was a difference "I won’t blaht--"

"You kidding?" Hamish asked "There’s a few hundred lanced at his brother "We’re in"

"Yeah," Kat said slowly "Well, like I said, it’s not a typical job" Kat didn’t knoas harder--what she had to say, or the way everyone looked at her while she said it "Mr Taccone has"--Kat considered her words carefully--"asked for our assistance retrieving the paintings"

"Sowhat? There’s sous asked

"It’s not quite like that," Kat admitted

"More like a promise that Taccone won’t drown Uncle Bobby in his ave a weak smile as she looked at everyone "And I’ll owe you"

Kat expected her friends to need a rounds to clear their heads, put their thoughts in order Kat expected half of them to do her faht, but aly, that didn’t happen

Instead, Hamish slapped his brother on the back and said, "We’re in Whatever you need, Kat"

Si his nails as he stared into space Calculating "Is Uncle Eddie going to find out about this?"

"Come on, Simon," Hale answered "What are the odds he already knows?"

The Bagshaws looked at each other, spoke at the exact saulped But eventually he said, "Okay"

Kat looked at Gabrielle, who had started polishing her toenails The girl didn’t even look up, but as Kat opened her mouth to speak, Gabrielle said, "Duh," and Kat knew there was nothing else to say on the subject

"Great Thanks I guess we’ll start casing the target tous said slowly Hale looked at Kat For a moment it seemed okay

And then Kat said, "The Henley"

6 Days Until Deadline

Chapter 18

If you lived in 1921, and if you had more money than time, and if you were a woman, then there were very few acceptable ways in which you were allowed to fill your days Some played cards Others played music Most surrounded theardens and expertly steeped cups of tea But Veronica Miles Henley had not belonged in 1921not really And so Veronica Henley had turned her great fortune to her great passion and alreatest museum in the world

Or so Katarina Bishop’s mother had told her And so Kat herself still believed

"Better than the Louvre?" Hale’s voice cut through the sound of the fountain in front of the glass-covered main entrance