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“Wait” Julia was shocked “Shouldn’t we stay until the authorities get here? There has to be an investigation Rachel will need to claim insurance on the plane What about the plane crew? We can’t just leave them here”

Joe put a hand on her cheek as Elle shuffled in place and Ryan became stony-faced

“Babe, if we hang around we’ll be tied up in a police investigation forin a cell while ait for soran or Alice could handle it You’ve seen what the prisons are like”

“But we can’t walk away” It rong It felt tooAnd the plane crew? What would they tell their families? That they’d abandoned their bodies in Peru?

“The crew,” she said

“They’re in thea thick plunal for everyone forbefore the police arrived

Elle brought out her phone, pressed a key and held it up for everyone to listen on speaker

“Julia doesn’t think we should leave without dealing with the police,” she told Callum

“Get that bloody road clear I want out of here in five minutes, tops Julia, I understand your senti to do, but it isn’t the wise thing to do Lake has a contact in the British Es here and keep our business out of it”

“What about Rachel’s plane and the crew?” Julia said

“It will be dealt with later”

“But—”

“No buts! Get the road cleared!”

Elle shut the phone off “He’s touchy because he can’t get out of the car—it isn’t set up for a person who doesn’t have legs He has to wait for soet hi to be hell to deal with if we don’t”

“You know those curved blade ones that runners use?” Ryan said as he started to clear a path “I think he should get a set of those Very cool Did you see the movie with the woman ore a set and they doubled as swords?”