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The driver said, “Da, da,” and gestured for Sah he had other appointments to occupy him
Saot in and the man pulled out into traffic Sa behind him out the rearto try to spot the tail the kidnappers would have on hi to identify the tail He had been awake all night and all of the
following day Now the exhaustion was beginning to slow his brain and es he needed to see co
As he rode through the city streets, the evening sunshine seared his eyes and reminded him that Moscoas much farther north than the major cities of the United States and the sun would stay out longer He ht be able to use the time
The driver pulled up in front of the tall-towered hotel “Six hundred rubles” Sah the rubles he’d bought at the airport and handed hie he and Reot out The cabdriver accepted his e
“What’s this?”
“Take it,” the driver said
Sam accepted it, then turned to look behind the, he couldn’t spot it, and he knew that knoouldn’t help anyway He heard the cabdriver hit the accelerator and he turned again to get the license number He stared at the rear plate, but it was caked with dirt After a second, he realized the dirt was probably spray paint or a o
He checked in at the hotel and went up to his rooe on the bed beside him and looked at it He dialed his home number in La Jolla
“Hello, Sam,” said Selma “Any word yet?”
“I think I’ to leave this cell on while I open the package I just got I’d appreciate it if you could listen to what happens, but don’t speak until I tell you it’s clear”
“All right”
Sa closely around the sides for anything that ht be a wire attached to an initiator As he raised the top, he scrutinized it fro “It’s a cardboard box, plain, like a candy box There are no trip wires, no explosives The cabdriver gave it to o There is a cell phone There is also a picture of Re a Russian newspaper The nu the saht and she see else”
The cell phone in the box rang Sam picked it up and said, “Hello”
“Hello, Mr Fargo Since you received this telephone, then you also must have the picture and knoe have your wife She’s very beautiful, and seeent too You must miss her terribly”