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“Okay”

“I’ for you Stay—”

The picture turned black “Mr Fargo? Are you there?”

Her heart clenched She was supposed to tell hi there

Worried, she pulled the burlap over her head, leaving a space big enough for her to see out the door For the next hour she waited and watched, eventually realizing that these uns, they didn’t sees

One of the bandits passed yet again just a few feet away from her He had done it over and over In a s to s from the opposite direction They wouldn’tAnd they’d leave in the same direction every time

That was so she kneork with

Mr Fargo had told her to stay put, but she didn’t think she should wait She looked at the phone screen to er there, worried that he’d try to stop her

The screen was still black—even when she tried to push the buttons—and she shoved the phone into her pack, then looked out the door, waiting until the arette smoke drifted into the courtyard, she crept out

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

The length of the rope deteroat

– AFRICAN PROVERB –

Makao sat on the edge of the desk, scrutinizing the toainst the wall beneath theHe lit a cigarette, then tucked the lighter into his pocket, as he focused on the red-headed woman “You must know the combination to the safe”

Her gaze flicked to the storage closet behind hiainst the wall, was a tall safe, too heavy to move A small bathroom was located next to that, theopen to let in fresh air

“I don’t know it,” she said “I’ve been here only a few days”