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“We don’t even knohat it is,” Remi said

“You get my point I’m worried about you two”

“We appreciate that, Rube, but we’re going to see this through”

Haywood sighed “At least let me help you”

“What did you have in mind?” asked Sam

“I’ve taken a second look at Kholkov A few years ago he was in Chechnya; we think he was playing middleet his name slipped onto the Terrorist Watch List A couple calls and I could put hi to the Direction Centrale Police Judiciaire, or Central Directorate Judicial Police, France’s version of the FBI “There’s nothing they could arrest hiht be able to detain him and his buddies for a while”

“Do it Any breathing room you can buy us will help”

“The question is whether they’ll be able to find hi to make it easy for them”

Three hours later Rube had called back: The DCPJ had put out a bulletin for Kholkov, but he wouldn’t know anything more for a few hours, if then The French, Rube told the information

“I don’t suppose you know a French version of Guido the Shoe maker-slash-Arms Dealer?”

“Saun laws; you don’t want to get caught with an unregistered one But, I do know a guy named Maurice”

He gave Sa up

Now Reainst the chill and huddled closer to Sam beneath the umbrella “I don’t see anyone else”

“Me neither Shall we?”

With one last look around they stepped from the alley and started down the sidewalk