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“I coood,” he said “The whole bunch are here, all six Two are watching the lobby now, and two are having dinner down the street They’re probably going to be the late shift I don’t think we’ll see baldy and blondy again until ”

“Okay,” she said “I’ll take a turn worrying while you get showered and dressed Your suit and white shirt are hanging over there in the closet Albrecht will be here in a half hour”

“Right While you’re worrying, reat lawyers in Gerary”

“I already did and he doesn’t He’s going to e-mail me a recommendation from a friend of his while we’re at dinner That re of sne andabout it in the salon”

“Don’t You’re rier” Sam showered and dress

ed Eight o’clock passed When Albrecht was fifteen minutes late, Sam called his cell phone but it was turned off and the call went directly to voice mail He called the front desk to ask whether their friend had come Then he checked with the restaurant to find out whether Albrecht had been waiting for them there

“Let’s hope he got distracted with his friend Friedrich and forgot the ti,other tests done and they distracted him,” Sam said with concern

“Let’s try home” Remi took out her phone and dialed

“Hi, Remi”

“Hi, Selma,” she said “We seem to have lost track of Albrecht”

“What do you mean ‘lost track’?”

“He was supposed to o, but he hasn’t shown up, hasn’t called, and isn’t answering his cell I thought he uess he didn’t Do we have any other nu at some professor’s office at Humboldt University”

“Just his ho”

“Probably that’s a dead end”

“Anything else I can do?”