Finally, he took the wool blanket from the cabin’s bedroom. He turned off the lights and the electric stove and left the Bible on the front porch, just outside the door. In the morning, the Belgian woman would come to check on them, and hopefully she would question the book’s placement and at least open the front cover, where she would find several more hundred-euro bills and Reid’s note, written in French: I’m sorry. I gave you my word that we wouldn’t cause you any trouble, but I was forced to break that. Please do not go into the cabin. The man that came here with me is dead inside. You
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