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“Pardon” The man stepped around Sam and stopped at the bumper of their rental car He looked at a piece of paper, then the license plate, then turned back to theo?”

“Yes”

“I have ato reach you She said it is urgent you call her You may use the phone inside, if you wish”

They followed him inside and found a house phone in the lobby Sam punched in his credit card nu “Trouble,” she said

“We haven’t had a cell signal since Saint Rhémy What is it?”

“Yesterday when I was talking to you on the phone one of Rube’s bodyguards—Ben—alking around the workroo me I did a scan on all the Mac Pros Soer, then removed it”

“In English, Selma”

“It’s essentially a USB drive loaded with software that records keystrokes You plug it in and leave it However long it was installed it downloaded everything I typed Every e-ot to him?”

“Via Kholkov Doesn’t ht now Is he there now?”

“No, and he’s late for his shift”

“If he shows up, don’t let hi up, call Rube and tell him what you told me He’ll handle it”

“What are you going to do?”

“Assu”

They walked outside, grabbed their packs from the car, then circled to the back of the hotel and started up the slope The grass was starting to green around the rock outcrops, and here and there they saw purple and yelloildflowers poking up When they reached the top of the hill, Sa

“You think they’re already here?” Re area with her camera’s zoom lens