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The Big Guys hadn’t yet positively ID’d the intruder, but the dominant theory did see on behalf of Peyton, Kaufman, and Gray The firht teams ready to swarm in the second Amelia appeared within a five-mile radius of the “hot zone”

Additionally, the Big Guys orking on “y Their motto was more or less “Contain! Contain! Contain!” They wanted this threat contained to Bayport, and they wanted it done yesterday As such, they were keeping a close watch on all of the airports and bus stations, and they’d set up roadblocks on the way out of town

“Okay,” I said out loud, “you’re h to Peyton and that she doesn’t get out of town, but where is she now?”

TheGuys’ files wasn’t the co skills; it was the fact that they didn’t have an answer to my question They knew Amelia wasn’t at Peyton, and they knew she hadn’t skipped town, but beyond that, they weren’t even looking

In le conclusion, a solution as clear as 4 to 2 + 2 The Big Guys could watch Peyton They could contain! contain! contain! to their hearts’ content That wasn’t enough for e Tooit off Somebody had killed Jacob Kann Somebody had stolen a weapon I’d been sent to retrieve Between the explosion, the car last night, and the security gorilla with a gun this afternoon, I’d had not one, not two, but three near-death experiences while on this case

I didn’t want to contain the threat I wanted to eli Amelia Juarez, even if I had to do it myself

“Soer”

The voice shocked ht and fe from directly behind me

Please, I thought, let that be Bubbles

I swiveled around in lossy hair and even brown eyes stared back at me

For a single instant, I stopped breathing, and h, it became perfectly clear I didn’t need to find Amelia Juarez She’d found me

“What are you doing here?” I kept my voice low, lest Noah burst into my room and attempt to flirt with someone ould in all likelihood kill him for the effort