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Until then, the trustee had stayed at the back of the group, glancing at his watch, staring at the walls Mentally, the man was already far away, on an island with his stolen fortune Reginald didn’tmore than a delay An annoyance And whatever beca-lost and not, would be none of his concern in a matter of days

If Kat hadn’t hated hi a classic newbie mistake

"What’s that?" Garrett asked

"The DNA test," Senior said again "You will handle that, won’t you?"

"Oh," Garrett said "Of course Right away"

Then he walked purposefully down the hall, past a very naked Felix running from a very frustrated Hamish, and into the cold

The rest of the Hale faation wasn’t far behind, but at the doors, Hale stopped briefly Simon had placed cameras at each entrance, standard for any facility of the kind And Hale looked squarely into one,

And then he was out the door And then he was gone

"What do you think, Kat?" Si to her

"I think we’re ready for phase two"

"It would have been easier just to let the Bagshaws kidnap Garrett," Si to adht

Chapter 37

When Kat walked into the lab, it was decidedly different from the first tirime, a smell of disuse and old che into a to was alive Music booh the dark There were at least a dozen whiteboards lining the walls, each covered with the sainal lab

Kat felt fascinated and out of her depth, but that was nothing conetic pull of the sht lights shining down upon it

"Hello, Miss Bishop"

Kat pulled away fro, and she’d been caught

"You can touch it," he told her "It won’t bite"

Kat smiled, embarrassed "Sorry I just…I don’t understand any of this"

"That’s okay," Silas told her "I don’t understand what you do Fro, that ?" She was almost afraid to ask, but she had to know

"Fine" Silas took a seat on a stool and eyed his design "I think Maybe"

Kat totally knew the feeling

"Hoas your Big Score?" Silas asked

"Our what?" Kat asked, then had to laugh "Oh, the Big Store? It went as well as could be expected It bought us a little more time, at least"

A wide smile spread across the old man’s face If Kat didn’t know better, she would have sworn he was having the tilad to havecoht you had help?" Kat asked

Just then, Simon’s father came into the lab and yelled, "Hey, Kat!"

"Hi, Uncle Henry Thanks for co"

"No problem," Henry said, then returned to work

"The father is good," Silas said "But the son is… special"

Kat stole a glance at Sih the cables and the cords, lost in another world "Yeah He is So, Silas, really…" Kat touched his hand She searched his eyes "How is it going?"

"We’re close," he said, then took off his glasses and looked down at the device on the table "Just not quite close enough"

"How long do you need?"

He rubbed his eyes "I wish I could say"

"That’s okay, Silas Just do your best We’re working on Plan B"

"Kat!" Simon yelled from the back room "I think you need to hear this"

"What is it?" Kat asked as soon as she reached the office that Simon called his own

His eyes ide and his breath was labored as he told her, "Our guy has company" He pulled the cord that connected his headphones to his coh the laptop speakers, filling the roo in h the cameras that she and Hale had installed on their visit to the thirty-seventh floor The laas up andaround his desk For a h the microphone was one Kat had definitely heard before

"I thought perhaps it was time I paid you a little visit"

That voice That accent

"Ms…"

"Montenegro," the wo, Kat supposed, that Garrett would have forgotten it "You haven’t called me, Mr Garrett" She pouted "If I were a different sort of wos would be hurt"