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Glad for so to do besides stare at Brooke, he dropped another handful ofdrink and stirred “The 9-1-1 caller heard voices”

A small frown puckered her eyebrows “Why would a caller be at the ht shifts No one should have been there at all”

He pointed his spoon “My question exactly The 9-1-1 caller was the likely culprit”

“Well, the pump didn’t turn itself off, and you said it wasn’tCould one of the workers have accidentally flipped the switch before leaving this afternoon?”

“Before I can answer that, I’ll have to question everyone to the burst of sugar on his tongue

“Will the flooding do any dae crinkled as Brooke, too, reached for a marshmallow

“The engineers will have to check One thing’s for sure—water in the shafts will set us back again” First, the breakdoith the ventilation system and noith the pump His corporation was too safety conscious for him to believe the equipment failures were coincidence “I’ht conditions, without that pump activated, a mine can flood in a hurry”

She poked at hertheht”

“Tellto think so us”

“Why?”

He lifted the cup, sipped The hed and handed him a napkin “It’s better in your mouth than on it”

“Thanks, Mom” He licked his lips, then dabbed them with the napkin “A few people don’t want the roup of environmentalists that don’t live in Clayton and don’t understand e’re trying to do here They’ve sent ugly emails”