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“Have you called his lawyer? Or his office?”

“No I didn’t think I’d need to But it’s been so long now”

“How long since you’ve heard from him?” Kari asked

“Yesterday, not long after his flight took off He was overseas on business and was flying here on his private jet”

Brow knit fiercely, Kari’s voice becauy Super rich”

“Yeah, billionaire rich”

“What’s his name?”

There didn’t see it now “Quint Forbes I’m sure you’ve heard of him”

“Gods Of course, especially now” Kari leaned over to grab the television remote

Amara was shocked at what she said next

“Honey,” Kari said gently, “his plane is one down anywhere between the Middle East and here”

She turned on the TV and switched over to the news channel

Everything around Amara went into slow motion as she stared at the screen

At the right, two live video screens showed one feed froional correspondent, her eyes half-shut to keep the sand out of theether but clearly shaken older man

On the left, the anchor spoke in a low, grave voice “… officials have confirmed that billionaire and philanthropist Quint Forbes’ plane has been declared uz Airport in Turk a huht is unknown at this time, but an anonyht either crossed into one of several no-fly zones in the region and was shot down, or it was lost souz A search effort is being overnather information about this situation With us now to discuss the potential i plane, our financial analyst Jack Inoue and Middle-Eastern correspondent Anna Morgan”