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“Is that him?” Beth wondered

“Does he look like he’s shopping for bath towels?”

“It looks like he’s waiting for so us to show up?”

“I don’t know,” Raven said “We’ll keep an eye on hilances up this way”

They sidled over to the pillar and leaned against it so that only a small portion of them was visible from the main floor below While Beth was focused on thethem from either side She felt so exposed that the back of her neck itched

Beth patted her on the shoulder and urgently pointed at the man He had shifted in his seat, and now a s

“He’s got the sakok,” Beth said, barely able to contain her excitele finial from the Gardner Museunal right now”

“Maybe” was all Raven said

A minute later, the man picked up the case and opened it for a brief nal The finial is still in there What do we do now?”

“We wait to see what he does”

“If he leaves, we have to follow hioes, and then we’ll lose our lead”

Beth was right about that, but Raven knew following hi risk If they were spotted, Raven would have to work fast to get away And Beth would just slow her down Not tothe man undetected even more difficult

“If he leaves, I’ll follow him on my own,” Raven said

“Oh no you’re not,” Beth protested “I’ht”

“You’re not trained for this I am No offense, but you’ll be a liability”