“Well, when you put it like that,” he said, sounding ashamed, “I don’t really want to admit this… but I did get out for a few minutes. I was about to go into the house, but Einstein stopped me. And then I realized that one way or another, things were decided inside, and if they had got you, my best bet to kill the bastards would be from the Humvee. I wasn’t going to let them walk away, Alex. Not a chance.”
