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But then, she didn’t know Caleb Wilde at all

Right now, he was all business, reading, then answering what she assues When he’d finished with them, he made a couple of quick voice calls that consisted mostly of terse commands

And just when she’d decided he’d forgotten she was in the rooave one more terse command, this time to her

“Pack,” he said Then he turned his back “Ted,” he said crisply, “how soon can you—”

“Why?”

“Hang on, Ted” He se “Why, what?”

“Why did you tell me to pack?”

“So we can get out of here ASAP”

“Where are we going?”

He gave her a long look Then he spoke into the phone again, told Ted that he’d see him in an hour, and ended the call

“We’re going to the airport,” he said “You don’t need h, come to think of it—”

“What are you talking about?”

“What you’ll need Or what you won’t need The bathroom on the plane is fully stocked Toothbrushes Shauess you’d call toiletries—”

“Are you deliberately playing stupid? What airport? What plane? Did you actually think you could orderis all about?”

She’d surprised him It showed on his face Apparently, not many people spoke back to Caleb Wilde