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“Just like you thought, the signal is coros Island It’s a city called Bacolod not too far fro”
He hung up and called Hali, aiting with Eddie and Raven in the boat garage ready to take the RHIB up the river to a s
“Hali,” Juan said “We just got the coordinates of the phone signal Tell Eddie the o”
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BACOLOD, NEGROS ISLAND
Finding an isolated car to hotwire took longer than Eddie thought it would, but according to the NSA, the phone that Beth had told them to track was still in the city when he, Hali, and Raven arrived With over half a million people, theand shiprown in the vast fields they’d passed on the drive If they didn’t intercept the person with the phone before it turned off again, they’d never find him
Although none of them looked Filipino, Raven’s and Hali’s caramel complexions and dark hair meant that they couldto ride out the co typhoon And since people of Chinese ancestry nificant portion of the population, Eddie looked like he could be a native Most of the inhabitants spoke English, so language wouldn’t be a probleh they’d have to fake the accent
The NSA guidance led the last- had a sign on it that read Visayan Wholesale Foods
Eddie parked the car, and the three of the, which had trucks lined up outside loading crates of food to replenish the rapidly eht of evacuation, but Eddie wasn’t surprised There was simply no way to clear out an entire island of more than four million people
Rain shoere coo approached Negros, so all three of them wore hooded windbreakers Many of the workers wore no protective clothing and were getting soaked, while the shoppers carried umbrellas The bustle of activity et was
They stopped at the building, and Eddie turned to Hali “Can’t the NSA getfrom the vicinity of this food supplier?”
Hali nodded “A half-block radius is the best they could do”
“Raven, keep your head down but let me know if you see anyone familiar”
“If it’s Locsin hi the tracker onto his vehicle will be tricky”
“We’ll deal with that if we need to,” Eddie said “Right noe need to find out ns that mobile phone”