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He glanced at his watch Soly over the past few hours, all too aware that ti away fast It was seven pm, Friday had twenty hours until the poison activated in her systeet to the clinic But it wasn’t enough time to find a way to sneak over the monitored border fences No, their only option was to stay on the road He reached for her hand Her fingers were icy cold She’d been sleeping deeply for most of the trip, and there were dark purple circles under her eyes

“No, we’ll stick to the plan This queue will h the checkpoint, no worries” He hoped “I’llon”

He pulled an old satellite phone from his daypack and hit the team’s HQ number

“What is that?” As usual, she was fascinated by his tech

“Satellite phone I’ll let you play with it after we get out of La Paz”

“Another relic that should have been obsolete I need to look into the tech your tea like it” She beaist who’s been thrown back in time when I’m with you”

“Thanks” He shook his head at her as someone answered the phone

“Yo there, dude” There was only one person on the team who dared call him dude—Hunter, their tech expert

“My radar is going off here The queue into La Paz is backed up for miles”

“I’m on it”

There was silence as he heard Hunter type on his old-fashioned keyboard, so else that would no doubt fascinate Friday They’d moved up two car spaces before he came back with an answer

“There’s been an attack of soht with their information Not sure if it’s a domestic situation or terrorist”

“That explains the tighter security Is our perh this checkpoint?”

Friday stiffened beside him as he listened to Hunter type He rubbed his thumb across the back of her hand to soothe her

“You’re solid,” Hunter said at last