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"I don't believe you," Halcon snarled

"Perhaps you should, Don Halcon," said Guz about the detonator"

"You could never have foreseen events," Halcon said

"That's right My original plan was to blow the daher for you to find the teether"

They were suddenly drenched by another deluge froer this time

"My guess is that's only the first ripple from the explosion The reservoir would have burst by now More will follow It won't take much to breach that hole you blew in the te before this cha if I were you"

Guzman looked toward the ladder and seemed to lose some of his steely composure "We must leave"

"Not without that treasure"

"Doesn't make any difference to me," Austin said "Like you said, we're dead men"

Water poured down again, but instead of a brief burst, it continued to flow in a torrent

"Don Halcon" There was alarm in Guzman's voice

"He's bluffing, you fool," Halcon replied with disgust

"The treasure is of use to no one if he's right," Guzman said

Halcon's eyes filled with hate "You've always been nothing but a homicidal cretin from the day my father hired you," he said with contelory!"

A hard smile crossed Guzman's lips