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"Yes, that’s right, but what has that to do with drugs? Rafael plays the classical guitar, for heaven’s sake He doesn’t peddle drugs on street corners" Both Anna and Griffin saw the lie in his eyes, the pain and grief of betrayal confirs, though, didn’t you, Dr Hayman? And you knew, of course, he spent many summers in El Salvador with the Lozano fa your ridiculous questions, Agent Hammersmith Why should I?"

Griffin knew he had to push harder to see the truth "Because you are also a member of the Lozano family It is a short step to you from your brother, to you fros, extortion, prostitution, guns--and now to the Lozano organization expanding to the United States The reality is that your brother came to Stanislaus to a position that would put hied to purchase the land around Winkel’s Cave and coordinated the distribution of cocaine,with ties to El Salvador called MS-13 Perhaps you’ve heard of this gang?"

They both saw the horror on his face, heard it in his voice "Mara Salvatrucha" He raised blind eyes to their faces "My brother orking with those ani my brother’s name, my mother’s name?"

If Anna hadn’t been certain Dr Hayman was not involved in any of this, she was certain now But he’d guessed what his ust was honest and gut-felt But how could a man accept that his twin brother was one of the monsters? She said, "Professor Salazar ith them in the cave, sir We believe he had them trash his house so he could claim they had abducted hi members shot him"

Dr Hayone as well as his rage, leaving hi of this, nothing"

He began pacing, still in his lovely gray cashmere winter coat He looked like soed to ruin me at last, ruin me utterly, my brother and Maria Rosa, who took him away to Spain with her ere children and left me here with my drunken cri beaten to death She did not care that she was leaving me in his care, damn her to hell

"Of course, she couldn’t leave me out of it There were hints, I’nore them as I did not tell her my father never struck me as he had her, that indeed, he was proud of me

"Yes, I chose to think ere all civilized When Maria Rosa mentioned Rafael would veryprofessor for a year, I did not suspect there was anythingbusiness, surely not those violent gangs fro in particular, and said more to himself than to them, "Of course I cannot keep my directorship at Stanislaus; I will not even be able to teach anywhere The government will hound h I am innocent" He focused on Anna now "You know I aine you are" Anna also wanted to say, But you knew, you had to knoas here for another purpose, you had to, but she only stood quietly, watching him It was out of her hands now

"Ah, but what kind of ? I must call Maria Rosa in Spain and tell her what has happened She will blame me, of course It is like her Will she admit to et himself kidnapped to cause confusion and distraction until she could rescue hiin now?"

He walked back to the elevator, not looking back

Ward Place, NW

Washington, DC

Tuesday afternoon

The falling snow helped mask the lousy upkeep at Melissa Ivy’s red-brick apart They walked past the triple row of black mailboxes up to the third floor and down the battered wooden hallway to apartment 3B

Melissa opened the door immediately, since Savich had called her teninto more comfortable clothes, her midriff and navel not on display, perhaps in deference to Peter’s death Instead she was decked out in loose dark blue sweats, her pink UGGs back on her sle thick braid that fell over her shoulder

"I’ve already looked for videos that aren’t mine, but I haven’t found any"