" Phoenix? This afternoon?" Kwame raised his eyebrows. "That's a long way away." The time difference makes it a little easier, and besides, we're in a...Learjet," Jon explained offhandedly."A Learjet?" Kwame asked, clearly impressed for the first time."Well, it's on charter for the company so it's worth it," Jon shrugged as if it were of little importance."What is it you do, anyway?" Defense work for the government," Jon replied. "Engineering. It's very highly classified, so we can't tell you any. She told of her father, a scientist who was being forced to create a new weapon for the evil Oleander’s arsenal. Lorette didn’t know what the weapon was. She only knew that her father was a pacifist and this kind of work would cause him no end of pain. ‘This is straight out of James Bond,’ Camille had scoffed. But Lorette was deadly serious in her telling of the situation. She’d been held for several long months while her father worked, only seeing the light of day whenever one of the two. Pados ke bhi kuchh ladke teri bahan par nazre jamaye hain. Agar tu use ghar par hi uski jawani ka maza use de dega tu wah bahar ke ladkon ke chakkar main nahi padegi aur apni badnami bhi nahi hogi.” “Maan aap sahi kah rahi ho main apni bahan ko bahar nahi chudne doonga. Sach Mammi Shumaila kit u bahut mast choochiyan dikhti hain. Mammi tub hi use taiyyar karo.” “Karungi beta, main use bhi yahi sab dhire dhire samjha doongi.” Fir agle din jab main subah subah utha tu dekha ki wah mere room main. And then, suddenly, they were shut in the closet together, both of them breathing like they’d just run a marathon. The sound of the door locking was almost shockingly loud in the small room. They both stood there silently, listening as the bell to the front door rang, letting them know that the robber had left. It was over. Sort of. Looking down, Trevor saw Avery’s eyes fill with sudden tears, her lower lip trembling as all the emotions she’d repressed during the robbery, all of the fear and.