Maybe by John Locke

Author:John Locke [Locke, John]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Amazon: B006ML3X5A
Publisher: Bill
Published: 0101-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

I LEAVE DR. P.—slash—Darwin with his thoughts and take the elevator to our room. Miranda lets me in and I dig through my duffel until I find a disposable cell phone. After putting it in my pocket, I get some hotel stationery and a pen from the desk drawer.

I put my finger to my lips and write, I need a favor. Then hand Miranda the pen.

She writes, Name it.

Use my phone to call your mother. Chat till I come back.

She frowns. How long will you be? You know my mom makes me crazy.

Ten minues.

Okay.

You’re probably thinking this business with the phone suggests I don’t trust Darwin. In general, I do trust him. Not only that, I’m pulling for him to make it. I mean, how wonderful would it be if Darwin becomes the test case, proving it’s possible to eventually retire from this business and live a normal life? On the other hand, he’s been keeping tabs on a lot of people for a lot of years, and old habits are hard to break. I have a sensitive call to make, and don’t want to take a chance Darwin might monitor it.

I wait till Miranda has her mom on the line, and smile at what she’s written on the stationery.

You owe me!

I blow her a kiss and head out the door, down the elevator, and find a quiet spot near an outdoor fountain.

Then I call Callie and ask, “Is Maybe with you?”

“Nope. You called it. She bolted.”

“Were you able to follow her?”

Callie laughs. “You really need to teach her the basics. She asked to borrow my Jag.”

“And didn’t stop to consider it might be rigged?”

“Nope. GPS intact, all cameras functional.”

I shake my head. “Where is she now?”

“Room 228, second floor, Vega Rouge Hotel.”

“Who’s she with?”

“I don’t know.”

“You’re sure about the room number?”

“I watched her elevator go to the second floor and stop. Then I had to run the length of the hall to get to the stairs. I made it to the second floor landing and peeked around the corner just in time to see her enter room 228. From that angle I couldn’t see who let her in.”

“Good job.”

“More lucky than good. If she’d gone to the third floor, I might’ve missed her.”

“Put me on hold and call the front desk. Ask them to connect you to Sam Case.”

“You’re shitting me!”

“I wish.”

“How would he—oh, God, Donovan. You should’ve let me kill him when I had the chance.”

“Tell me about it.”

Callie sighs. “I’ll call. Hold on.”

A minute later she says, “There’s no record of Sam Case at the Vega Rouge.”

“I didn’t expect him to use his real name,” I say, “but we had to try.”

“I thought he was in the bunker at Mount Weather.”

“I thought so too.”

“Working on a synthetic cure for the Spanish Flu,” she adds.

“He might be there. But as it turns out, he’s Maybe’s employer.”

“Sam Case? He’s a computer nerd!”

“A computer nerd who’s goal in life is to pay me back for destroying his marriage and business.”

“So

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