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“Oa, are you still ready for evac?” Juan asked Gomez

“Who’s he talking to?” Machado asked Eddie

“Our ride,” Eddie said

“It’s gotten a lot more complicated,” Gomez said “We surfaced, so they’ve seen us I’ve dived the boat again, but I’ so of the controls”

“Why are you driving the boat?”

“We’ve had an injury”

Meaning Linda was hurt Juan couldn’t take time to ask how badly or how it happened

“Are there any quadcopters left?”

“One Smoke bomb”

“Good We’re going to come out near the bow Be ready to cover us”

Juan hoped that the other guards would be herding the other guests onto the aft deck

“Understood,” Gomez said

“Take us to the bow,” Juan said to Machado

“This way”

He led them down a series of corridors They didn’t encounter anyone until two guards spotted the the stairs at the front of the yacht