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“Renee LaBelle, I’d like you to meet your new friends”

He introduced each of thee on his hand

“What happened to you?”

“Actually, that’s e’re here Withoutit, I was part of a plan that hasto ht be a tree nut on Christmas Island that can help cure them, and we need to find it”

“What is it?”

“Rand’s palm”

Renee nodded slowly as she was thinking “It’s endehout the national park, but there’s only one large grove I know about”

“Can you tell us where it is?” Juan asked

“Even better I can show you” She smiled at Parsons “I took the day off so we could catch up”

As they walked out to the parking lot, Juan said, “Did you see who got out of that private plane?”

Renee shook her head “When I got here, I asked if that was your plane, but the security guard said it was governration detention center We get them here from time to time to transport some of the detainees to other locations” She stopped at a silver Mercedes SUV “You can borrow en”

“Is there room for all of us?”

“No That’s why I had a friend drop it off here for you Bob and I will drive my other car”

She pointed behind the SUV to an exquisite Jaguar convertible with burgundy-colored paint, a tan and red leather interior, and wire-spoked wheels

“Now, that’s a car,” Linc said