05 End Game by David Baldacci

Author:David Baldacci [Baldacci, David]
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

37

“There has to be a connection,” said Reel.

They were standing in the lobby of the hotel.

She continued. “Blue Man wouldn’t just go on a tour of the silo after he’d heard what Holly had to say unless it was connected.”

Robie slowly nodded. “I agree. Presumably Lambert has been working on this silo for years, and Blue Man has been coming back here all that time. So he could have gone to the silo lots of times. But he picked that time period to do it.”

“What do you think he was looking for there?”

“I don’t know. Maybe he knew more than we do. We’ll just have to keep our eyes and ears open tomorrow.”

“You have time for a drink?”

They turned to see Malloy walking into the lobby. She came to stand next to Robie. “Well?” she said, looking only at him.

Reel said, “I’m hitting the sack.” She glanced at Robie. “Busy day tomorrow. We have to be at our best.”

Malloy continued to stare at Robie. “How about you?”

When Robie didn’t answer right away, Reel turned on her heel and headed for the stairs. Robie watched her go for a few seconds and then looked at Malloy.

“Okay,” he said.

She said, “I don’t mean to pry, but are you two more than professional colleagues?”

“Strictly business.”

They walked across the street to the bar and sat at a table on one side of the room. The place was fairly full, though Robie didn’t see one King’s Apostle or a single skinhead.

“Not much else to do around here at night,” explained Malloy. “That sort of place. Not like Manhattan,” she added miserably.

“I guess not.”

They ordered beers, and when their drinks came, Robie said, “So what’s up?”

“I know you can’t tell me who Mr. Walton really is.”

“That would be an affirmative.”

“And you can’t tell me what you really do?”

Robie said, “I’m here to find him. Pretty simple.”

“Right. But from what I’ve seen of you and your partner, finding people isn’t all you do.”

“Okay.”

“Is that an affirmation?”

“It’s whatever you want it to be. But if you tell anyone else, I’ll deny it.”

Malloy drank her beer but kept her gaze on him.

Robie ran his gaze around the room and then, for some reason he couldn’t quite fathom, his eyes darted over Malloy, from her toes to her head.

Malloy didn’t appear to notice this.

Robie blinked, sat back, and cradled his beer.

She said, “You must have some special skills if you escaped from Dolph.”

“I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve. And Dolph got sloppy.”

“I really want to nail that guy. It would go a long way toward making this area safer.”

“So long as the bad guys outnumber the good guys you’re fighting a losing battle. That’s why people like Dolph come to places like this and set up shop. They can do their crap in the middle of nowhere without a SWAT team bringing the hammer down.”

Malloy sighed and sat back. “I guess.”

“You ever think of going back to New York?”

“Every day of my life.”

“So will you?”

“Probably. But I need to make sure that Holly is safe first.

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