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the on your tablet, so we met them outside of town They were a e nearly of their own accord” He pointed to the Audi “Well, they did nick us up a bit But they’re sunk in a creek now, not even visible It’ll look like an accident, when and if they’re ever found”
Riki stared at hi knot of eed silence was broken by the sound of her cell phone ringing She saas her mother and answered
The conversation was one-way Riki listened for aaway her phone, she turned to her companions with a pale face
“We’re to ht at an airfield called Abbeyfeale,” Riki said in a low tone “You can explain your actions then”
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Brophy joined Dirk in the hospital waiting rooery They sat ithy stint in the recovery room Dirk used the time to email his father, after his phone call to him went unanswered, and to file a report with the town police The ER surgeon eventually appeared, assuring Dirk that his sister was all right
“She’s got two puncture wounds, one above her shoulder, the other through her triceps,” he explained “Pretty lucky, actually, as there was no daave Dirk an inquisitive look “Gunshots, I presume?”
Dirk nodded “Range accident We’ve notified the police”
“She’ll ht be asleep for a touch longer”
He led thele rooery medications Dirk sat by her bedside for a short while, until his stomach started to rumble
“Coet you so anywhere, and I spied an attractive pub just down the street”
Dirk reluctantly agreed, allowing Brophy to drive them back into Cahersiveen At a small pub decorated with dusty crab pots, they sampled the fish and chips, then returned to the hospital just after sunset As they entered Summer’s roo by the bed talking with his sister
“How did you get here?” he said, greeting the newco Brophy
“I caught your eht after we departed Inverness,” Pitt said “We were just flying over Galway Rudi had sent us a NUMA Gulfstream, so we diverted to Killarney and hopped a cab here”
Dirk’s curiosity about the private jet waned when he saw Loren Her eyes had a disoriented look, and she was unusually pale He thought perhaps she should trade places with Summer, as now alert and talkative in her hospital bed