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Joe narrowed his gaze He could guess what thatthat you wouldn’t even be here if I hadn’t dove into the raging sea to pull you out after your safety cable snapped, I’d say we’re even”

Kurt was the Director of Special Projects within NUMA Itanytime, anywhere Joe Zavala was the teaineer and one of the most resourceful people Kurt had ever known He was also Kurt’s best friend

“Good point,” Kurt said, unlocking the door to his office and stepping inside “But, then again, if you hadn’t gotten so antsy and tried to reel in on that steel doorfras Thanks to you, I’ve spent the last months on a shrink’s couch”

Joe followed Kurt in and closed the door behind hi You can thank me later”

Kurt nodded There was plenty of truth to that too He sat down at his desk It was piled high with unopened packages and unread reports The inbox was stacked two feet high

“Didn’t any work get done around here while I was gone?”

“Sure,” Joe said “Where do you think all those reports came from?”

Kurt began to leaf through things,those files hoh to put hiht out

He scanned through a stack of s that were long over Into the circular file they went

He began to look at the o He opened a box, finding a DVD inside

“What’s this?”

Joe leaned forward “From the Jayhawk’s camera,” Joe said “South African reporter turned it into a news story It shows some of the action”

Kurt thought about watching the video but decided against it It couldn’t help him with the questions he had “Too bad I didn’t have a camera on my shoulder,” he muttered

He put the DVD aside and went through soot down to an envelope from the South African Coast Guard He tore it open to find a report on the storht read the sports page, looking only for the highlights His attention sharpened when he ca he didn’t know

He sat up straight, reading the paragraph three times just to be sure