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you. But the bright side is, you know about it. You know they’re testing you. No sweat. Unless of course they really throw those two together some way. Then, you know . . .” Aldo shrugged. “You might have a little mental endurance obstacle called . . . trust.”
    Jake agreed, not with words but with a simple grumble.

Cedars of Sinai Hospital - Los Angeles, CA
    August 29 th
     
    Cal repeated her actions, looking like a nervous criminal more than a hospital visitor. And in a sense she was.
    She’d do the same thing. Glance at her watch, look up to a sleeping Billy, then over her shoulder to the door, and back to Billy again while she tapped her fingers a few times on the bed in the waiting moment before she’d repeat it all over again.
    The tiny footstep in the room made her jump, and Cal turned fast in her chair. She breathed out and grabbed her chest. “It’s you. Thank God.”
    Aldo walked in, “I moved as fast as I can. How is he?”
    “His fever went down, but he’s still out of it as you can see.”
    “And as you can see.” He lifted a silver suit case then set it down next to Billy’s bed.
    “I thought for sure Haynes was gonna beat you here.”
    “Nah.” Aldo shook his head. “I had someone watching him.”
    “So you did it?” Cal asked.
    “Yep. Every piece of paper, disk, photo negative and video . . . . copied.”
    “And you . . .”
    “Made it.” Aldo pulled up a chair. “We got the case to Jake in time. I mean just in time, it took a lot. He was boarding. He has it now. So it’s safe.”
    “Thank God. I mean, he made the deal. No pay, he gets his story. He got his story Aldo. That was seven months of a lot of work. I think he’ll be very happy to find out we did this, don’t you?”
    “Oh, yeah.” Aldo said. “I believe so. It’s one thing to not deliver the story, it’s another thing to not have it. So whether or not Billy uses the information. His loss, his work, will not be in vain. We got it. We got a copy of it all. Or shall I say, Jake has a copy of it all.”
    Cal smiled. “Safest place.”
    “Best place. I have to tell you, Cal. Good thinking on your part. If you wouldn’t have thought of copying that, Haynes would have ended up with that case, and every ounce of information and evidence Billy collected would of been lost.”
    “Still, Aldo, what good is that case gonna do. Contract signed, and as hard as this is to believe . . .” She glanced at Billy. “He sold out.”
    “His story yes. But I have a feeling that information will come in handy. Real handy.”
    “You think Billy might end up using it?”
    “Or Jake.” Aldo mumbled.
    Cal curiously looked up. “What do you mean, why would Jake need that case?”
    Aldo hem-hawed around. “Well, I just mean it’s evidence. Now, it may not be useful evidence  any longer in one aspect. Such as, the story. But . .. . down the road, it may be useful evidence in another aspect. Just in case, one of you develop post traumatic stress disorder and you can go back and see where it occurred.”
    Cal snickered. She thought it was funny, but consumed with other thoughts, she didn’t really pick up on what Aldo was saying. Of course, Aldo knew he wasn’t being clear, and was perhaps being a little mystical. But that was fine with him. The documents, evidence and so forth were copied and they were in Jake’s hand. And as he told Cal ‘down the road they could be useful’ Aldo wasn’t exaggerating. More than she realized, he spoke a truth.

Orange County Airport - Los Angeles, CA
    August 29 th
     
    Greg smiled pleasantly as he stood by the conveyor belt watching the silver case run through the x-ray machine.
    “Ironic,” Dr. Jefferson said. “Perhaps the second time it was examined today?” He made reference to the case.
    “Actually.” Greg gave a nod and a smile to the security woman and took the case. “Third. We had to go through it again ourselves. Doesn’t look like anything was tampered with. I didn’t