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the tact that Mote might be only minutes away - plus her misgivings about
Roads being alone in the cellar with one of Keith Morrow's gangsters -
dispelled any pleasantry she might have attempted.
She briefed Komalski as quickly as she could. As soon as she was sure he knew
what to do, she hurried back into the house.
The cellar door had swung shut since she had left, but no attempt had been
made to seal again. It opened easily, and she craned her neck through
the doorway to listen for movement. Voices floated up at her from the
pitch-black space below, too faint to be understood but not indicative of
trouble. "Phil?" she called.
The voices stopped for a moment, then he replied- "Barney?"
"Are you okay?" "Fine. Come on down." With the aid of the torch, she
negotiated the narrow
flight of steps. The wall to her right vanished as she descended. She swept
the light across the cellar. It seemed to stretch forever into the shadowy
distance, cluttered with benches and inactive computer terminals. A hurricane
appeared to have blown through the room, emptying filing cabinets, searching
through cupboards and opening boxes at random.
Roads was sitting on a stool in the middle of the room. The tension she had
sensed in him earlier hadn't gone, but he had it under control. Opposite him,
a tall black man leaned against one wall. The man was totally bald and,
beneath a black skinsult, economically muscled. His eyes glittered oddly in
the torchlight, sparkling like jewels. As he raised a pair of dark glasses to
cover them, Barney realised they were artificial. ,,This is Raoul," said
Roads. "Morrow sent him."
The man grinned a mouthful of gold teeth and offered his hand. Barney
hesitated, then shook it, hoping her nervousness didn't show, "I haven't
touched anything," he said. "Just locked the door on my way in and waited."
"No-one else has been here?" asked Barney, forcing her clenched jaw muscles to
move. i
"Not a soul. I've confirmed that the Mole triggered the alarm deliberately
when he left. The team sent in to investigate had only been in the area a few
minutes when the Head ordered them to leave and contacted me." "Why you?"
"Until a week ago, I ran this operation. I can tell you what's missing."
Barney walked across the room to peer at the debris -
anything other than him. "But can we believe you?"
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