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“Nothing What are they in, anyway?”

“A skiff, about twelve feet long”

“Can’t be on this side,” the voice said “There’s nothing here Got to be the other one Plenty of side channels to hide in there”

“Yeah”

The engine noise beganacross the water until Sam and Remi could only hear its distant echo

“They’veto his knees and peeking over the top of the grass “Yep Don’t see theone”

Reh “Thank God”

Sam lay down beside her She laid her head onto his shoulder

“What do you say?” he asked “Stay or go?”

She didn’t hesitate “We’ve come this far Be a shame to leave the mystery unsolved”

“That’s the woman I love,” Sam said

“What, reckless and uided?”

“No, courageous and determined”

Re softly, “ ‘You say potayto, I say potahto’ ”

“Come on, back to work”