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Hyping his courage by a drink of brandy froar he had stolen fro, al no one would answer

Then a voice came on

Giordino ive one"

The helicopter cahts The pilot settled his craft into position, and then lowered it onto the roof of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan The side door dropped open and Lee Tong stepped out He swiftly walked over to a privately guarded entrance and took an elevator down to his grand quarters

He bent down and kissed her lightly on the forehead "Hoas your day, aunumi?"

"Disastrous," she said tiredly "So transactions, every piece of business that goes through a coement procedures is now a mess"

Lee Tong's eyes narrowed "Who can be doing it?"

"Every trail leads to NUMA"

"Dirk Pitt"

"He's the prime suspect"

"No ly "Pitt is dead"

She looked up, her aged eyes questioning "You know that for a fact?"

He nodded "Pitt was onboard the Leonin Andreyev An opportune stroke of luck I watched him die"

"Your Caribbean mission was only half favorable Moran lives"

"Yes, but Pitt is out of our hair and the Leonin Andreyev evens the score for the Venice and the gold"