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There was only empty space by the ti it They cliht where they had been sitting a moment before He had the Bowen pointed in their direction

“The boss isn’t going to like that,” he said in his lazy way

“No, I suppose she won’t,” Austin said “And that’s too damned bad”

The corner of Phelps’s htly

“What were you saying about the lab vaccine and the virus?” he asked

“The A to develop the vaccine to head off a deadly virus, but your boss’s outfit stole the lab”

“I know all about the lab,” Phelps said “I’”

“If that’s true,” Austin said, “then you knohere the lab is Work with us to take it back from these clowns”

“You weren’t kidding about the bug spreading to the States, were you?”

Austin looked hiht in the eye

“What do you think, Phelps? What do you really think?”

“It’s not what I think but what I know,” he said “I’ve got family in the States,” he added after a pause

“There’s nothing to prevent the sick,” Austin said “You can’t let that happen”

“I’ t

o let it But I’ve got to do it my oay, and I work alone”