The Man Who Walked Out of the Jungle by Jeff Wallace

Author:Jeff Wallace [Wallace, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998329147
Published: 2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

Day 9

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In the morning, the questioning resumed. Tuy’s sisterly kindness had soothed Kim Thi like a balm, and I tried to preserve her mellow state of mind with a compatible tone. To build rapport, I asked about things that mattered to the average Vietnamese: her family and village. Next I gently raised her engagement and wedding plans. Her tears summoned Tuy’s comforting arm over her shoulder.

I said, “You mentioned that Gerard flew to Cambodia. Why?”

“I only know what he tell me. I do not know the reason for anything.”

“When he went, how long did he stay away?”

“He go two time. First time for a week. Second time same, but he no come back.”

“Where did he live?”

“A boarding house by the central market.”

“What’s the name of the boarding house? Or the street?”

“He no tell me.”

I pictured the mishmash of side streets around the high-roofed, crowd-frenzied central market. I’d never find the boarding house without an address.

“Is that where you went, when you were together?”

“We go to...” She said something in Vietnamese.

“The kind of place where they don’t ask for names,” Tuy translated.

Gerard had hid his relationship with the girl he loved. Why?

“Where did he get the helicopter?”

“I don’t know.”

“Where did he keep it? Did he mention an airfield? A hangar?”

She said something to Tuy.

“By the seacoast,” Tuy translated.

“The seacoast. Was it Cape St. Jacques?” The French name for Vung Tau.

“Yes. The cape. He tell me that.”

“The cape is a big area. Did he describe the place where he landed?”

“No.”

“Did he mention a villa that faced the ocean?”

A shrug. “He only say the cape.”

“Where did he land in Cambodia?”

“He no say.”

“Who was he working for?”

Kim Thi cast an imploring glance to Tuy, who said, “She doesn’t know these things.”

“Please relax. The questions are normal, just part of the process. Don’t be upset.”

Tuy spoke, and Kim Thi gave the slightest bat of her head.

“Did he fly alone, or did others go with him?”

Another exchange between the women. “She doesn’t know,” Tuy repeated.

“Who was he working for?” She did know, I was convinced.

She folded her arms and turned her head away.

“Kim Thi?”

“No more,” she said.

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