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I watched as Perrine slid the door shut with a bang He dusted off his hands as he plopped hi chair He lifted the tennis ball and bounced it off the floor and wall of the van again

“Nohere e?” he said, catching the ball “Oh, yes Your kids How is the law-enforcear familia?”

“You bastard,” I said

“Mike, Mike Please,” Perrine said “Do not one to his God You know, like your friend What was his nahie?”

He was taunting et to me He was I wanted to smash the screen with ive him what he wanted

“That’s true,” I said calone to God”

I paused as I leaned in closer to the computer’s camera

“Just like your wife, Manuel No, wait I made a mistake How could she be with God? I sent that bitch directly to hell”

Perrine hurled the ball against the wall and didn’t bother catching it this time He stood up and walked over to the camera until his face filled the screen

“I have oneto sho

w you, Bennett My ht now If you have any popcorn available, I advise you to get it popping and pull up a seat You’re going to like this, Mike I knoill We can talk after Maybe when it’s over, we’ll trade notes But if you don’t feel like talking, that’s OK, too I’ll understand You probably won’t be in the mood Au revoir”

The screen went blank

“Wait,” I said to Agent Downey “What in the hell is he talking about? He’s sending so else? What is it? Where is it?”

“So in now It’s another Skype request,” a tech said, clicking a button

The first thing I noticed about the footage on the screen that opened up was that it was frorainy ie, only with dark green instead of black, and light green instead of white