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“Do you think Albrecht ed to persuade his kidnappers that his find was somewhere else?”

“I doubt it All Selma needed was the outline of the river to find it, and Albrecht knew so hi him somewhere close by In order for hi hi and what to look for or have his they find to him”

“Maybe But hoe find him?”

Sam looked past her “I think the watchers have found us”

Remi turned her head to see a dark car that was stopped far up the straight two-lane road that ran along the river A person with sharp eyes could detect that there were heads visible above the seats She took out her phone and took a few pictures of the field, the river, and then up the road where the dark car stood

Sa black car with four men in it Do you think your phone will catch a license plate at that distance?”

“Maybe, but I have a feeling we’ll get a closer look,” said Remi

They walked back toward the car, and Tibor said, “Do you know those men in the black car?”

“No,” Sam said “Do you?”

“I don’t think so I saw a reflection aus with binoculars That’s the right word, isn’t it?” and he held both hands up to his eyes with the fingers circled

“That’s the word,” said Re around an old cow pasture”

“All right,” he said He started the car and e they had crossed, returning to the west side of the river He kept looking in the mirror “Are you sure you don’t know them?”

“Positive,” said Reary before”

They drove to Arad Martyrs Square and saw the monument to the men killed in the 1848 revolt, the Musical Clock with sculpted figures from a medieval university, Klauzál Square, Schéchenyi Square, all in the city’s center The district was full of flowers and trees and pastel-colored baroque buildings that didn’t look real

As Tibor took them from place to place, Sam and Remi kept track of the black car When they stopped abruptly near the center of the city, the car nearly caught up with theh the rear