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тАЬScot, are you okay?тАЭ asked Claudia.
тАЬHow long have you known about this?тАЭ
тАЬAbout the hearing? I have known for a couple of days.тАЭ
тАЬWhatтАЩs your security like? What do you have in place?тАЭ
тАЬDonтАЩt worry, Agent Harvath, the Americans arenтАЩt the only ones who know how to
transport a prisoner and secure a courtroom.тАЭ
тАЬClaudia, from what you have told me about this Jamek character in MacauтАФтАЭ
тАЬScot, I donтАЩt have time for this, and I donтАЩt want to listen to you lie to me about
what happened in Macau. I know you were there. When you couldnтАЩt get what you
wanted out of Miner, you went looking for Jamek, hoping he could tell you
something.тАЭ
тАЬClaudia, I told you. I had nothing to do with Jamek being killed.тАЭ
тАЬYes, you did say that, but you have not denied knowing about it, and you also
havenтАЩt denied being in Macau when it happened.тАЭ
тАЬYou know I canтАЩt tell you where I was or what I was doing.тАЭ
тАЬI know, but it still hurts. You are important to me. You know that.тАЭ
тАЬThen get me in to see Miner. I need to talk to him. I promise you I wonтАЩt lay a hand
on him.тАЭ
тАЬI wish I could help you. More than that, I wish I could believe you, but I canтАЩt, not
about Macau, not about Miner, not about anything. ItтАЩs just better that we end
things, okay? Please donтАЩt make this harder than it has to be.тАЭ
тАЬOkay, Claudia, youтАЩre right. You have your life here and I have mine back in D.C.
As much as we might have wanted it to, it wonтАЩt work. But will you do one last thing
for me?тАЭ
тАЬScot, I told you I cannot grant you access to Miner.тАЭ
тАЬNo, forget that. How are you transporting Miner?тАЭ
тАЬI canтАЩt tell you that. Not over the phone.тАЭ
тАЬTell me this, then. Will you be part of the team that transports him to the
courthouse?тАЭ
тАЬOf course.тАЭ
тАЬThen I want to ride along with you.тАЭ
тАЬYou want to what? ThatтАЩs ridiculous. Besides, I told you I donтАЩt trust you to be
anywhere near Miner.тАЭ
тАЬClaudia, this isnтАЩt about him. I donтАЩt care who you have doing security; they canтАЩt
possibly know half the things that I do. Call me arrogant, but when it comes to this
stuff, no one does it better than the U.S. Secret Service. Think about it as a free
security consultation. ThereтАЩs plenty of countries that pay big money for this kind of
review.тАЭ
тАЬI donтАЩt think itтАЩs a good idea.тАЭ
тАЬI just want to know your route and the courtroom are safe. ThatтАЩs all. You have my
word. I promise. Miner wonтАЩt even know IтАЩm there. I am doing this out of concern
for you.тАЭ
тАЬFor me? Why?тАЭ
тАЬBecause someone wanted Philip Jamek dead. IтАЩm convinced it wasnтАЩt the Chinese.
They were going to kill him, all right, but he would have been given at least some
semblance of a trial beforehand. Somebody else wanted Jamek dead, and it may or it
may not have to do with Miner, but at least I can go home knowing youтАЩre safe.тАЭ
тАЬOkay, Scot, you win. IтАЩll call a cab to bring you to the office. I just hope this is not
a mistake.тАЭ