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Her eyes grew very wide Where’s Kate?

Fro of branches dragging against the side of the Huishness and sat up

"Where are we?"

"Houston," Greer said Michael was asleep in the passenger seat "Not long now"

A few ht the vehicle to a halt To the east, the darkness had begun to soften

"Let’s be quick now," Greer said

Peter and Michael unloaded their gear They were at the edge of the lagoon; to the east, skyscrapers of incredible height cut black rectangles against the died a rowboat into the shallows Michael sat in the bow, Peter the stern; Greer cli backward The boat sank nearly to the gunwale but remained afloat

"I was a little worried about that," Greer confessed

With broad strokes he propelled theoon Peter watched the city’s core harden into its full direat wide stern riding high above the water Inside One Allen Center they tied off, gathered their supplies, and began to climb

From aon the tenth floor, they dropped to the deck Daas a few minutes away Greer had refurbished a so over the side of the ship He spread the net beneath it, tightened the spring on the spinner joint, and attached it to the rope that ran through the block at the end of the boo the booe the first rope, Michael the second Peter’s job was to act as bait--Greer’s theory being that Peter was the person Amy was least likely to kill

Greer handed him the wrench "Remember, she’s not the Amy we know"