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Beth, who’d been silently watching up until now, said, “This e question, but did you see any arthile you were held captive?”

Ocaave her a confused look “What kind of artwork?”

“Paintings”

Ocampo shook his head slowly She looked hopefully at the other chemists, but none of them had seen any, either

“What are you going to do with us?” Maria asked “Locsin will kill us if he finds us”

Juan had been considering that question during the discussion If they simply dropped Ocampo and his people at a hospital, it was possible that Locsin and histo the authorities

In return for the inforht he could convince Overholt to put them up in a CIA safe house until Locsin was captured or killed They ht also be able to think of additional info that would help them further

“I think I have somewhere you can stay safely until we can find out what Locsin is up to And I have a friend who can sew up that aron’s doctor, meet them and tend to Ocampo’s wound before they were taken to the safe house

It was still a few hours before they would get back to Manila, and Juan wanted to be ready to go as soon as they arrived He texted Max to prepare the Oregon for sailing and had hi they could find out about the Magellan Sun

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Gerhard Brekker was fascinated by the behavior of Alastair Lynch, as handcuffed to a ht of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” as the Americans liked to call them, Lynch had barely uttered a whimper no matter how much water was poured on his face or how many electrical shocks he endured But now, as dawn broke through the rerimyand Lynch watched Brekker wave a small white pill in front of his face, the coent howled and screaht of the withheld Typhoon tablet was the worst torture iinable

“Please!” Lynch cried to Brekker, his lips flecked with spittle “I needdose!”

Brekker looked at the other men in his employ with an ae behavior in his days with South Africa’s National Defence Force, as had the fivefirm All of the native Afrikaners around hilory days of Apartheid froainst rebellions throughout Africa, but they’d never seen so his drug fix

Brekker leaned over until he was only inches from Lynch’s face