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She was already driving out from behind the Mobil station There was a small white Honda in front of her She wanted to honk, to run over it, to yell at the older woed to keep herself cal, "Move, move, move"

Ramsey just kept his arms loosely around Emma "You okay, kiddo?"

"I’htened around her He kissed the top of her head "I wish I could give you the power not to be afraid of anything, E as it doesn’t freeze you up I know you don’t like to think about it, but you didn’t freeze up that tied to escape and run into the woods and I found you You were extraordinarily brave And so you see that if you just keep thinking, if you don’t give up, then you can help yourself You’ve got a chance" He knew Molly was listening "You won’t forget that, will you, Eet There’s the truck, Ramsey Mom’s close now"

"Can you see the license number?"

"It’s really dirty, but I can see it"

Then he laughed "You can see it but you can’t tellto teach you how to read tomorrow, okay, kiddo?"

"I kno to read a little Maht er at the words while she’s reading You think it’ll just take one day?"

"With you, maybe just half a day" He said to Molly, "It looks to me like it’s a B, then an L, then mud’s all smeared over the next letter There’s a space, then three-eight-eight-so That last number’s too s Since you’re a federal judge, you’re bound to know someone who can tell us ns the truck Once you find that out, I promise I’ll call the cops in Denver and tell the Now, I’ll hang back until you find out"

A cell phone She had a cell phone and hadn’t told hi on by their teeth He wanted to yell at her, but he didn’t He pulled out the sliinia Trolley in San Francisco, then paused No, she couldn’t do anything He needed someone objective, someone with an inside track ouldn’t butt in, but would give him all the help he could He dialed the ton, BC, and asked for Dillon Savich in the Cri to Savich "Why don’t you ever use my e-mail, Ramsey? You know I hate phones I think when I was a kid a phone cord must have wrapped around my neck and nearly choked me to death"

"Sorry, I don’t havestory I need help, Savich"

"Talk to me"

No hesitation, no questions Ras to this license plate" He gave Savich the inforave him the phone number "Yeah, I’ll keep it on I owe you one, Savich"