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he had to plaster himself against it like a leech. The image tilted in a dizzy whirl, then steadied. He saw
falling debris and black smoke fill the sofscreen, then drift upwards.

тАЬDon't you have any sound? I'd like to hear what they're saying.тАЭ

She gaped at him. Shock transformed her thin lips into a distorted frown. тАЬYou're a police officer, you
know we're only allowed to use visual scans.тАЭ
 He coughed and cleared his throat. тАЬOh yeah, the People versus the State case of 2052. I forgot about
that. My unit specialized in covert ops.тАЭ

Jameson rolled her eyes and tapped another series of commands into the console. More data scrolled
up on the screen. She peered at it. тАЬNo fixed address. Full name Rachel Shoenfeld. Transient housing
grid on Lower Wacker Drive.тАЭ

тАЬThat's it?тАЭ

A haughty sniff accompanied her response. тАЬI didn't see anything that qualifies as a criminal act. That's
why the computerized security review didn't flag this during the investigation of the terrorist bomb. What
the cameras recorded there was a rescue, not an abduction.тАЭ

He stepped back and spread his hands apart. тАЬYou have my phonenet number, don't you? Let me know
if my wife shows up on any other vids. Okay?тАЭ

She jabbed her thumb at the exit door. тАЬOkay. I have to keep the line moving, you know.тАЭ

Indio glanced over his shoulder. The line stretched out past the door into the corridor stairway. It had
taken him two hours of standing in that line just to get this far. He'd be damn lucky if she contacted him
later. Hopefully, Kevin and Tiny had better luck checking out the hospital emergency rooms within ten
miles of the spaceport.

****

Indio hitched his chair closer and squeezed himself in between Tiny and Kevin while the connection went
through. The viewscreen lit up on the desktop and showed them Julisa's face.

The image was a bit grainy. There was a thirteen-second delay on account of the distance from
Sanctuary Station. They had to make every word count. The rates for a satellite relay call to the L-5
LaGrange position of the station were astronomical.

Julisa leaned over the screen as if she wanted to reach through it, grab one of them by the neck and
shake him. тАЬHow did three grown men manage to lose one woman?тАЭ

Just because his sister Julisa was practically engaged to Cait's twin Kevin didn't mean she had the right
to treat them like idiots. Indio took a deep breath, swallowed his anger and chose a diplomatic response
instead of yelling at her. тАЬWe're not leaving until we find her.тАЭ

She blinked then nodded her head. тАЬOf course you're not leaving until you find her. Did you call
Grandpa yet?тАЭ

Indio snorted. тАЬOf course I called him. His flight will arrive here tomorrow morning.тАЭ