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“Then what?” Akiko asked

“We flag down a passing car—hopefully, soh-end with plenty of headroom”

“A Bentley would be nice,” Joe said

Kurt shts exactly”

They crossed the grounds and reached the twelve-foot iron fence Kurt pulled out the phone he’d stolen off of Kashimora He dialed a number from memory and waited for an answer

He started speaking the ano picked up “This is Kurt We’re on the west side of the property, by the fence near the access road Can you pick us up?”

“I’ past What happened?”

“I’ll explain when you get here,” Kurt said “But make it quick or they’ll feed us to the koi”

Kurt heard the Bentley’s engine roaring over the phone It was a co sound

With the phone back in his pocket, he reached for the bars of the wrought iron fence

“Don’t!” Joe shouted

Kurt turned and saw Joe pointing to well-disguised wires looping in and out of the hollow crossbar “Electrified?”

“Looks that way,” Joe said “The second wire could be tied to a sensor One way or another, if we touch the fence, they’re going to knohere we are”

Kurt looked back toward the ht beaure it out soon enough anyway Can you short it out?”

Joe was looking for a weak point “Not the way they’ve set it up”