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“I said to stop where you are” The h, Pitt gau

ged, to place hiht of the tank’s door

“Can you call a doctor?” Pitt said “My friend’s foot is broken”

The technician glanced at Perkins’s led shoe He reached for a radio at his hip and pressed the transmit button “Assistance needed in the production room”

He turned to Pitt “Where’s the other man? Wasn’t there three of you?”

Pitt shook his head and stared at the ground “Drowned”

When he looked up, he had to force hiun It wasn’t easy, as he saw anotherbehind the technician As he had hoped, Giordino had slipped out of the tank and circled around the back

Between the alarh noise toto hold the man’s attention

“May we put our arms down?” Pitt slowly lowered his ar We’re part of the tank inspection crew, assigned to make repairs We found a number of leaks”

“Keep your ar He saw the reflection of movement on the side of the tank Before he could turn, Giordino lunged and clasped hi

The technician struggled to break free, but he had no chance against Giordino’s grip Pitt stepped forward and finished the job, throwing a left and right to the head that left the technician barely conscious Giordino ripped away the un and let him slump to the floor

“You’re not liable to land a job here if you keep treating the employees so harshly,” Pitt said

Giordino shook his head “I hear their retirement plan is crummy anyway”

They gathered up Perkins and started for the back door