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“He’s a friend of ours,” Eddie answered

“Not the big guy,” Tao said “The wo I’d like to see—”

“How easy it would be for her to break your kneecaps?” Juan interrupted “Because I know you weren’t planning to say so cruder than that, were you?”

Tao opened his ain

“Good,” Juan said “Noho is on this ship that we haven’t found? We know he’s not part of the crew”

“Fine It’s Rasul We took hier”

Juan yanked Tao to a halt “Where is he? Tell us or I’ll personally put you on a fishing hook and dangle you over the railing”

“We searched all of the cabins,” Eddie said “He wasn’t there”

“Then I have no idea where he is,” Tao answered

Juan stared at Tao, then spun him around and pushed him forward “Show us the second container Rasul supposedly put on the ship And if this one is ery”

“And rery,” Eddie said

When they reached the container, Juan opened it again only to find nothing inside

“I swear I didn’t know!” Tao whined when he saw Juan turn on hi’s not right” He was peering at the number on the container

Juan stepped closer to him “What?”

Tao pointed at it “I remember this number from the manifest because it ends with five nines It’s an e back to India This container should be in the last row”