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Kynan regards the hter, and the son next They all nod

Giving his attention back to Miguel and holding up the backpack, he states, “There’s three million in here, US dollars, as requested There will be no more money If you want to uphold the deal that was made, it’s yours You just send the fa to you”

Miguel doesn’t even try to argue as he knee’d never entertain adding“Open it”

Kynan does so, pulling it wide and angling it toward the man so he can see the copious aiven to stiffing these people Kidnapping and ransoms are a part of life here, and, oddly, people stick to the rules The es are not haruys, it would turn all future dealings into horrendous affairs

Not that it’s any of my worry

Miguel orders aKynan drops it to his side With his other hand, he motions to the family to come his way I hold my Heckler & Koch MP5 acrosser is ready to act at a moment’s notice My brothers in arms are the same, and I know Ladd has his sniper support rifle trained on Miguel at this moment

The faement Bodie and I flank and thento thehis eyes off us until he reaches Miguel and hands it to him

Trusting we’ve provided the proper aives us a cavalier nod Then the group of ELN guerillas le

Our work isn’t done Ladd will stay high to make sure their retreat is permanent, then we’ll move the family to the extraction point just barely a click and a half from here We’ll have to load the faena airport, and, from there, we’ll put the family on private transport back to the States We’ll take a separate private plane negotiated as part of our fee

Unfortunately, this did not go down in tiet back to Jaime when I promised

Which is today—Friday

I was able to get off a satellite-powered text to let her know of ot in on Saturday