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Juan hopped up onto the suspended jetty and with the help of Linc and Raven they were able to lower Hali and Belasco into the sub without incident Juan ion

Hali took a seat on the bench while one of theHe winced as she manipulated his knee

“Looks like a torn ACL,” she said “We’ll have to do a CT scan e get back to the ship”

“Looks like I got off easy,” Hali said to Juan, nodding at the inerton the floor

“Knife wound,” Juan said “Although he’s lost a lot of blood, López is tough They say he’s going to live, but he’ll require surgery”

“And Machado?” MacD asked

The Chairman’s eyes darkened “Doc says he didn’t make it”

“Anyone else hurt?” Hali asked

“Linda Looks like both of her eardrurenade that went off next to her”

“How could such a colossal mess happen?” MacD wondered, in shock at the extensive list of casualties

“I don’t know,” Juan said with a look of gri to find out”

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PORTO DE SANTOS, BRAZIL

Harbor lunch The stench surrounding him in the captain’s office on the Sale But he wasn’t going to leave without his payoff, even if he had to throw up in the wastebasket to get it

“I’m sure you understand that we have to be strict in our checks and precautions, Captain White,” Aguilar said, trying to hold down the bile rising in his throat He glanced at the filthy bathroo nonstop He worried it would belch up its contents at any moment