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He looked over the side and saw a bo the side of the boat, its subnal

He shot a savage look at Locsin and sahite teeth grinning back at him and a thumb over the detonator’s button

Brekker lunged at the rope in a frenzy, desperate to pull the bomb from the water before it could explode

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Twin ca away from the site of the Pearsall, on one side, and Gerhard Brekker frantically reaching over the side of the yacht, trying to reach so

“What’s he doing?” Juan asked

No one had time to answer before the yacht erupted in a fireball Simultaneously, a massive water plume blasted hundreds of feet above the sunken destroyer’s location If the RHIB hadn’t fled when it did, Eddie and the others would have been pulverized

“Find out how they’re doing, Hali,” Juan said as he watched the RHIB slon

Hali radioed Eddie and put it on speaker “Are you all still in one piece out there?”

“No injuries,” Eddie replied “Except for Little Geek Linda says she saw it get thrown into the air by the explosion We’ll go see if we can salvage it and then head your way”

“Eddie,” Juan said “Hang back until we give you the all clear I have a feeling Locsin has more tricks up his sleeve”

“Roger that, Chairman We’ll stay here until you call back Out”

The fishing boat was just rounding the north end of the islet

“We can’t let theet away,” Raven said “We have to make us take them to Beth”

Max patted her on the shoulder “We’ll get her There’s no possibility that they’ll outrun us in that thing”