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humid. Something made Wolf look back toward the trees on the left. Something
and
as
…” Wolf smiled. “Talk to you later, Ruth. Stay out of trouble and try not
right.” Of course they didn’t. It was an unwritten code of conduct for men
“He seems like a good guy.”
her. Wolf followed her down the steps, watching her take them
that’s
browser—” “Paulo.” Lia smacked him on the shoulder. “Sorry, yes. But, Twitter!” His eyes lit up. “It looks like he tweets a lot. A lot. Your brother was a pretty big deal online, I take it. He has 172,839 followers on his account and he’s following 320 people.” Wolf shrugged. “It’ means he’s popular. So, anyway, I logged into his Twitter
40 Nothing inside the office moved but the swirling digital lines on the computer
said that you called saying that I was the one requesting the information. I hung up, and remembered what you’d said on the phone, and figured you were trying to tell me something about Valerio. “From that second on, all I could think about was Cezar in
sympathy. Connell’s face was a mess. Both eye sockets were deeply bruised; a mix
the week.”
make
anything. People were still milling about in the parking lot, talking in pairs or
It
walked to the closed door of the briefing room and put his ear to it.
all chairs occupied, and the head of every man in the department turned toward
from
to
The coral inlay reflected a tight beam of light that shone down from the ceiling.
intimate, personal life, and then he held up a hand. “And now you have that godforsaken
they
up. Rachette stared at the phone and noticed his hand was shaking. Wolf’s
was
of beast. Connell narrowed his eyes and let go, then jumped back a few feet, apparently
a
by molecule, into a clever, resourceful machine.
water. The thought of blowing up squirrel corpses with M80s when he was a
a single high-pitched tone. Panic hit him like a bucket of ice water, and he
the rear
left
his blood. He wrenched himself free for a second, gaining a foot of distance
Connell. Rachette put his hand on Wolf’s shoulder. “You all right?”
it.” A laugh was barely audible through the earpiece. “We’re not talking
sideways
west. Wolf watched the big man climb with ease, gaining altitude fast, all
who was on his knees with his ass in the air, turning his head, looking for
shoulders. Young gritted his teeth and thumped his hands on Wolf’s back with
he showed his trusty multi-tool the love it deserved, and shoved it back into
pants pocket. He took the phone and continued his search. Lightning struck nearby, followed immediately by a clap of thunder,
