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She suddenly had the odd feeling that she wasn’t alone

She turned fro eyes, frozen with fear

Thein her way Impossible He was out in the hall Then the answer came to her in a flash

Twins

The epiphany caan to walk slowly toward her, his eyes glittering like black pearls

• • •

Cohen sounded frantic on the phone

“Joe, for Godsakes, I’ve been trying to reach you for an hour!”

“Sorry, I was out,” Zavala apologized “What’s wrong?”

“Sandy’s disappeared The bastards have got her”

“Calm down for a minute,” Zavala said evenly “Tellabout Start fro”

“Okay, okay,” Cohen replied There was a pause as he pulled hiain it ith his norh it was clear from the tenseness of his voice that panic lurked close to the surface

“I went back to the paper I just had a funny feeling All our sourceWe kept it in a locked file Empty”

“Who had access?”

“Just the members of the teaet theun at their head Oh, God,” Cohen said as the implication of his statement sank in