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“It’s totally unfamiliar software,” Jack said

“Nothing you can’t handle, though Right?”

“I can’t do it very fast,” Jack said “I have to work through it”

The hand on his shoulder tightened its grip “How long, Jack?”

“Hey, I’ot shot!” When Caine just stared at him, he lowered his voice “I don’t know It depends”

He could sense Caine’s tension, the bottled-up rage that fed on fear “Then don’t waste time”

Caine released hies in the corner”

“Uh-huh,” Drake said absently He was still fondling the subun

Caine strode quickly up to hiun “Hey Take care of business Brianna could be back here at any second If it’s not her, it’ll be Taylor You’d better not be screwing around”

Brittney lay on the floor, nota sound Was she alive? Jack wondered Given how badly she was hurt, and knowing nowound could cause, he wondered if she ht not be better off dead

Jack found an ancient loose-leaf binder, s out here and there, festooned with age-curled Post-it notes es

He started to work his way through it He was looking for a guide to the function keys Without that he had nothing The lack of a : he’d never seen, let alone used, a cos still existed

“Diana,” Caine ordered “Read our two hostages I don’t want to find out they’re hiding so?”

“I’ the wire,” Drake said

“Good,” Caine said