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Fools, he thought as he waited the requisite fivewith each minute that passed I’m surrounded by fools

After five minutes he dialed a number “What is the problem this time?” he asked when the call was answered

“We need authorization to proceed with soinal approach”

Vishenko knew the voice was referring to his carefully constructed plan—agonizing death by fire for all his targets Without that, Vishenko would not receive the full e “No!” he shouted into the phone “The original plan must be followed”

There was silence at the other end “There is a problem with that”

“What problem?”

“A secondary failure And a custody issue”

Vishenko translated the code phrases Secondary failure—he’d already surmised as much But custody issue was more serious It meant one of his tools had been arrested

“And what is your solution?” he asked

“If we could deviate from the planit could also resolve the custody issue”

“Then, do it,” he snapped He barely disconnected the phone before adding viciously, “Just kill them Any way you can”

It was late when they arrived at the hospital in Sheridan, but the sun was still up Cody left Keira guarding Callahan’s four-by-four and McKinnon guarding the front door of the hospital, while he and Callahan went up to Ted Danvers’s rooent stationed outside Danvers’ room refused to let theitimate business with the suspect

Once inside they were confronted by another FBI agent This one was even tougher to convince Before he would let theent Jeff Holiven

All told, it was almost thirty minutes before they were allowed to ask their first questionfor all the good it did theht as well have been a sphinx He answered none of their questions, just lay there secure in his rights against self-incriators equally