“In that case, I want to thank you. And so does Michael.”
“He’s awake?”
“He is. He’s weak, but he’s talking.”
“Did he say what he had that Dendoncker was so desperate to get?”
“He called it his insurance. It was a code book. It showed what was inside all the shells Dendoncker had stockpiled. He needed it to make the maximum money when he sold them.”
“Where did he hide it?”
“He said he rolled it up and shoved it inside the crossbar of a soccer goal at the school.”
“Outstanding.”
“And there’s something else. I called Sonia. She came back. And you know what? I do like her. Maybe she is my future sister-in-law. And if she is, that’s fine by me.”
I said nothing.
Fenton tipped her head to the side. “You won’t stay even another day?”
“No point. You’d be sick of me in ten minutes. You’d be begging me to leave.”
“I doubt it.”
“That’s right.” I turned and started walking again. “You’d probably shoot me instead.”
About the Authors
lee child is the author of twenty-five New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with sixteen having reached the #1 position, and the #1 bestselling complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name. Foreign rights in the Reacher series have sold in one hundred territories. A native of England and a former television director, Lee Child lives in New York City and Wyoming.
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andrew child, who also writes as Andrew Grant, is the author of RUN, False Positive, False Friend, False Witness, Invisible, and Too Close to Home. Child and his wife, the novelist Tasha Alexander, live on a wildlife preserve in Wyoming. He is the co-author of the #1 bestselling Jack Reacher novel The Sentinel.
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