The next morning, Plakakis heard car engines outside. He looked through a window to see a pickup truck and a gray sedan idling a little way up the road. Inside were a group of bulky-looking men. Peering more closely while trying to remain hidden, he was sure he could see the stocky figure of Vassilios Vergos, his former business partner from Yemen. (Vergos denies that he was present.) As Plakakis watched, the house phone rang. Plakakis ignored it, his heart pounding. It rang again, and then again. A horrifying thought occurred to him. The men were listening from the street, trying to work out
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