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“We’ll know in a minute”

They walked along at a leisurely pace, waiting for the sedan toblock Saed “Maybe I’m a little paranoid”

“A little?”

“Co shot at and run off the road”

“No question Thankfully, this ti”

They stopped at the intersection and Sa pedestrians were shuffling down the sidewalk,from shady spot to shady spot in an effort to stave off the worst of the sun’s effects No questionable sedans were prowling the street, no furtive figures with earbuds were spinning suddenly to shield their faces from view

When they returned to the hotel, Leonid met the the ocean He walked like an oldhim sloith their demands

“They hadlaps—twenty of the I inded after two and thought I was heriped

“But you htly

“What happened to your face?” Leonid asked, finally noticing so other than his own misery “It’s swollen”

“Oh, didn’t we mention it? Someone pushed our car off a cliff and shot at us,” Sam said with a nonchalant wave of the hand “Re to escape”

Leonid regarded them as if they were mad “No, really What happened?”

Remi smiled “I mouthed off and Sam let me have it”

The Russian shook his head “I don’t knohat to make of you two”

Saet run off the road, Leonid We don’t knoho”