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about you Would one of them be the real reason why you were in the park all those years?”
“I kneho you hile I was still at the park,” she said “What does that tell you?”
“That you were not working with or for the Americans Otherwise I would have been taken away”
“My allegiances were to another country But one that was an ally of America”
“Which one?”
“Does it matter?”
“Perhaps not to me, but it will to others”
“Her?” she said, indicating Chapman
“Not so much, no”
“Your best ally in the Middle East,” she said finally “That was my master”
Stone slowly nodded “All right, that I can understand But getting back to Turkekul?”
“He is not siain, these interests are in line with the Aoals”
“So you say But what happened two nights ago doesn’t make me believe that”
“He had nothing to do with that attack,” she said sternly “As I told you, he was there to meet me If he hadn’t left when he did, he would’ve been killed”
“Yes, his ti was very fortuitous,” said Stone in a skeptical tone
“I tell you he had nothing to do with it”
“Why didn’t you meet with him, then? You weren’t there, that I know for sure”
She appeared nervous “It is not easy to say why But I couldn’t The time forschedule”
“You’ve talked to him since then?”
She looked warily at him “I didn’t say that”
“Adelphia, I need to speak with him Now”
“I’ about any of this”
“If that’s the truth he has nothing to fear”
“Fa from you”
“You don’t trust me?”
“You’ve gone back in, you said so yourself I lanced once h she represented “them”
“If Turkekul had no connection to the attack he has nothing to worry about”
Her look was clearly one of skepticisent I will not take the can make me do that”
“Your words are not assuring me as to his innocence”
“There areto do with pure guilt or innocence You know that”
“All right, then take me, just me”
She nodded at Chapman “And what of her?”
“Just me, Adelphia But I need to speak with him now”
She drew a long breath “This is not easy, Oliver”
“We’ve known each other a long time You can trust me Just as I’ve trusted you And after all, you came to me”
“Let reat reluctance
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