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“I’ve been told I can be very persuasive,” he said, handing her the phone

“Then put all that persuasiveness to good use and book us a flight to Tokyo Since you were the one who decided not to bring the Gulfstream to Guadalcanal”

Saht schedules”

“Good idea”

CHAPTER 35

Tokyo, Japan

The customs line at Narita International Airport moved at a rapid clip Sam and Remi

aved through, after a cursory study of their passports and a few disinterested questions in perfect English, and were blinking in the sunlight a fewmoney at an airport kiosk

It had taken thehts went through Australia first Rehter in their brief phone conversation the prior day and found her to be friendly but cautious in her replies

Sawara turned out to be closer to Narita Airport than to the proper city of Tokyo Salance at the map of train lines and instructions Sel line of taxis

“No train?” asked Reate the system?”

“Time is money,” replied Sam, “and I’d rather not spend the better part of the afternoon puzzling out which train is the local and which is the express It’s only about fifteen kilometers from here How hard can that be?”

The first cab in line pulled up, the passenger door swung open autoloved driver ju theain He nodded vigorously several times when Remi showed him the address printed neatly on the paper He spoke li American movies and YouTube, he said, and pointed to the GPS unit in his dashboard when Remi asked if he knew the quickest route

The trip took longer than they’d expected, as the taxi wound around country lanes bordered by rice fields They were a good forty-five minutes late when they finally rolled to a stop in front of a hborhood The driver told theenerous tip They stepped out onto the sidewalk andconcrete steps that led to the porch without comment

The door opened before they had a chance to knock and a di a sweater and dark slacks offered a tentative smile from the shadows Remi smiled at her as the wohtly behind her, having agreed that Re