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"How do you plan to play ball with us?" Ragsdale asked, his tone edged with disbelief
Sandecker made his thrust "We conduct our search at the sa in the shadows They have no reason to suspect rivals and will assuraphic research project If the Zolars are successful in discovering the treasure, ton"
"And should the Zolars strike out?" desdale
"If NUMA can't find the treasure, it doesn't want to be found"
"And if NUMA is successful?" Ragsdale pushed forward
"We leave a trail of bread crumbs for the to follow, and let them think they discovered the hoard on their own" Sandecker paused, his hard gaze entles to you"
"I keep i to ride over the next dune and carryon thee front seat of the Pierce Arrow, her legs curled under her, staring at the ocean of sand dunes that dominated the landscape
"Keep looking," said Pitt "The Coachella Dunes, slightly north of here, are where Hollywood used to shoot many of their desert movies"
Fifty kiloh Yuma, Arizona, across the Colorado River into California, Pitt swung the big Pierce Arrow left off Interstate Highway 8 and onto the narrow state road that led to the border towns of Calexico and Mexicali Drivers and passengers in cars that passed, or those coawked at the old classic auto and the trailer it pulled
Loren had sweet-talked Pitt into driving the old auto cross-country, ca a tour around southern Arizona sponsored by the Classic Car Club of Ain in teeks Pitt doubted that they could wrap up the treasure hunt in such a short ti his old cars on extended tours
"How much farther to the border?" Loren asked
"Another forty-two kilometers will put us into Mexico," he answered "Then a hundred and sixty-five klicks to San Felipe We should arrive at the dock, where Al and Rudi have tied up the ferry, by dinnertime"
"Speaking of edibles and liquids," she said lazily, "the refrigerator is empty and the cupboards are bare
Except for breakfast cereal and coffee this round in Sedona last night"
He took his right hand fro wheel, squeezed her knee and sers happy by filling their bellies"