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Inwardly, Pitt felt a flood of guilt at not recognizing Rita as a woman as capable ofRenee, for sending her alone to release her killer
He ht of Renee, stripped nude, lying on the bed with her legs together, are of the Odyssey logo, the Celtic White Horse of Uffington, had been carved into her stomach
Rita had acted compliant and docile when Renee removed the duct tape from around her arms But when Renee, innocently unaware that her life was in jeopardy with five men less than ten feet away, knelt to res and ankles, the witch clenched her hands and brought them down in a vicious chop to the nape of the neck Renee dropped without uttering a sound
Rita quickly removed Renee's clothes, laid her out on the bed and pressed a pillow over her face There was no struggle Already unconscious, Renee was never aware of being smothered to death Then Rita took a pair of hair scissors froe of the Celtic horse on Renee's stomach From start to finish, the hideous act took less than four minutes
Moving quickly toward the forward section of the boat, Rita cah the bow hatch, shielded by the pilothouse Out of sight of theon the stern deck, she cli a splash Then she swam underwater to the opposite side of the dock, reached the shore and crawled through the thick vegetation that covered the bank In the exact moment Giordino discovered Renee's body, Rita disappeared into the jungle
"The wo in and out of Rio Colorado She cannot flee into the jungle and live My men will apprehend her before she can obtain air transportation or a boat"
"All she has is the bikini she's wearing," Pitt informed him
"She took no clothes?"
"Renee's clos
et is still closed and her clothes are scattered on the deck," said Gunn, pointing to where Rita had thrown them
"Does she have a asked
Pitt shook his head "Not unless Renee had some on her person, which I doubt"
"Without le"
"Hardly a place a woman could survive in only a bikini," said McGee, who stood in the doorway
"Please secure the cabin," instructed Ortega "And do not touch anything"