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Remi drew in a shallow breath and prepared to screaan as a ht for breath By then, Re, and in a moment she lost consciousness

Sa people go by for so about Kazakhstan, read a few pages but couldn’t keep hispassersby Moscow’s airport was an open place, where any number of travelers from every continent were always visible He picked up her book again, but after a ti as a reader rather than reading His book washis time and an assurance to others that he was harmless Where was Remi? Too much time had passed He pulled out his cell phone and called her, but her phone was turned off, probably since they’d boarded the plane in Budapest

Sam knew that wo, but this felt wrong Sa with his, walked in the direction he’d seen her go Down the concourse were restroo the nearby shops and crowds for Remi

He saw a large, heavy wo lady, co a wheeled cart with a couple of large barrels on it She picked up the sign on the cone that had been blocking the door Another woman in a janitorial dress came out and helped her push the cart They went off down the concourse and turned into an alcove that, he supposed, led to soo

The fact that the cleaning ladies had closed the restroom for a few minutes reassured Sam, but not entirely He stood across fro up and down to see if Re

He had a o that had two sets of doors, one opening onto the concourse, where

he’d entered, and the other, on the opposite wall, opening onto a different concourse Could this ladies’ roo on a cell phone He said, “Excuse me”

She stopped walking, the phone still to her ear

He said, “Does that restroom have two exits?”

The woh she ondering what he could possibly mean

He answered for her “I guess not” He hurried on He had wasted too ain, but it was still off He listened to part of the ate where there were to in Russian as they stood at a counter

“Hello,” he said “Do you speak English?”

“Yes, sir,” said one “How can I help you?”

“My ent to a restroom but didn’t return And it’s not like her She would call me on her cell phone if she went anywhere else I’ve been calling her, but her phone is turned off I’m very worried about her She would never do this”

“Is sheperhaps ill?”