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would be the last place they would expect
him to go. It might be a good idea to disappear for a day or two to
see who was looking for him. He probably wasn’t followed yet. It
was possible enough that he simply walked along the street until a
Pedrigal bus came by and flagged it when it stopped for a stop
sign, jumped on and it kept going. If he was being followed the
only choice the follower had was a taxi.
    This was the bus that went past the airport.
Clint sat in the back and noted that a taxi was hanging back about
a block when they reached the main road. He got off at the airport
and the taxi turned in there half a minute later and went on to the
terminal. Clint went back out and across the road, then down a side
street. The follower got off at the terminal, which Clint could see
from there, and was hanging around out front, watching the entrance
road for him to come walking in.
    Surprise! He wouldn’t be walking in.
    The follower could see the main road from
where he was. There were a couple of women waiting for a bus so
Clint managed to step into view as the bus approached. It stopped,
the women got on, Clint walked back and was able to dodge down the
side street while the bus blocked the view. The follower was wildly
trying to flag a cab. Clint laughed and went on down the side
street to stroll the eight blocks to Irina’s place.
     
    “ Mr.
Faraday? This is Vasily Armakov. We met briefly in Panamá City two
years ago.”
    Clint had answered a buzz from an “unknown”
number. “Yes?”
    “ I
believe you have been drawn into something that is very nasty. I
fear it may have been my fault. I want to warn you that the people
who are behind this are very dangerous. Both sides – and there are
two.”
    “ I see.
What’s it really about?”
    “ The
supply of certain ... implements that are designed for one purpose,
but are to be used for another purpose. I am trying to stop the
delivery of those items.”
    “ It was
your yacht in the bay at Bocas?”
    “ No. I
think perhaps that was only a vessel that was there. They are
simple tourists or something as mundane. They have nothing to do
with this.
    “ Mr.
Faraday, I have nothing to do with it except to stop it. My
homeland is part of what is at risk. It is representatives of two
other countries. They are trying to ... promote a thing that will
enslave one culture to another. My home merely happens to be too
close in the area. If either is successful we are at risk. They
will not stop with subjugation of one by the other. It will make
them feel invincible.”
    “ Both in
the old Soviet Block?”
    “ Yes. I
will not say more about that. It is just that a statement made by
myself in surprise may have made you appear to be a deadly danger
to both adversaries. I merely said, upon being informed of the
action by one, that you were in Bocas and would act to prevent such
a travesty should you become aware of it and that you are very
capable.
    “ I do not
know if they have ... if they have done more than to delay your
knowledge of them. I feel you are intelligent enough to have
discerned that is what is happening.”
    “ It was
your man following me?”
    There was a short pause. “So you detected
him. He was much better than the opposition men. I have him there
for your protection. There were two others. One is dead and one is
in Bocas.”
    “ Yeah.
Fernando Salamas. He killed Santos.”
    “ I would
imagine that is the train of events. He is very possibly ordered to
kill you if you seem to be getting too near the truth.”
    “ I need
more information. I can’t do anything if all I know is Taylor is
part of it.”
    “ Taylor
is an idiot. He thinks he’s making a deal where he gets some
millions of dollars. He will get dead should he fulfill the
obligation he thinks he has entered into. These people want no
trail for anyone to follow. They have made a terrible mistake in
getting you involved and know it. Now they fear you will have left
something somewhere that