"take it easy ."
"no problem ! meanwhile , you lie peacefully in bed with a - woman three thoiusand miles away . i'd better call the coops ."
"don't do that ! look , wqe've kept things controlled all this time . you say you're safe , and you might still be wrong about who he was ."
"i recognized him ! elliot said . he heard a pounding on the bathroom door and some spanish expletives ." what should i do ?"
"go hiome to seattle . hurry , can you manage that ?""okay ."
"call us then and we;ll talk , and just to be sure , you might check the underside of the car before you leave ."
"oh , hell ," ellliot said , and he couldn't control the tremor in his voice ." "i shouldn't have come back . it was foolish , wasn't it ?"
raj always the diplomat , cautious with elliot 's moods , said nothjing .
"i'll check under the car ." elliot said ." i definitely will ."
be carefull , call us the minute you get home ."
thye witer followed him to the door , locking it pointedly behind him . it was only after the lights went out in the building and the dark closed in that elliot realized the two rear tires on the rental had been slashed .
frantic , examining the woods at the edge of the parking lot for a lurking figure , he pounded on the restaurant door , but nobody answereed .
elloit started to ounch in 911 , but before he could send the call , the waiter and a buddy walked around the corner into the parking lot ,talking loundly . elliot rushed over to them , wallet in parking lot , talking loundly , elliiot rushed over to them , walletin hand . it cost a hundred bucks to get back to the hotel , buthe gotto ride in an old trans am . the whole way , elliot watched out the bcxk window , but nobody seemed to follow,
once in his room , he bolted his door and left a message on the rental car company 'sw tape . he culd tyake a shuttle to the air port . lrt them deal wih their vandalized car .
it's him , he kept thinking . he's letting me know . he wants me to shut up and go home .
fingers shakingg , he called downstairs for the shuttle number .
"no problem ! meanwhile , you lie peacefully in bed with a - woman three thoiusand miles away . i'd better call the coops ."
"don't do that ! look , wqe've kept things controlled all this time . you say you're safe , and you might still be wrong about who he was ."
"i recognized him ! elliot said . he heard a pounding on the bathroom door and some spanish expletives ." what should i do ?"
"go hiome to seattle . hurry , can you manage that ?""okay ."
"call us then and we;ll talk , and just to be sure , you might check the underside of the car before you leave ."
"oh , hell ," ellliot said , and he couldn't control the tremor in his voice ." "i shouldn't have come back . it was foolish , wasn't it ?"
raj always the diplomat , cautious with elliot 's moods , said nothjing .
"i'll check under the car ." elliot said ." i definitely will ."
be carefull , call us the minute you get home ."
thye witer followed him to the door , locking it pointedly behind him . it was only after the lights went out in the building and the dark closed in that elliot realized the two rear tires on the rental had been slashed .
frantic , examining the woods at the edge of the parking lot for a lurking figure , he pounded on the restaurant door , but nobody answereed .
elloit started to ounch in 911 , but before he could send the call , the waiter and a buddy walked around the corner into the parking lot ,talking loundly . elliot rushed over to them , wallet in parking lot , talking loundly , elliiot rushed over to them , walletin hand . it cost a hundred bucks to get back to the hotel , buthe gotto ride in an old trans am . the whole way , elliot watched out the bcxk window , but nobody seemed to follow,
once in his room , he bolted his door and left a message on the rental car company 'sw tape . he culd tyake a shuttle to the air port . lrt them deal wih their vandalized car .
it's him , he kept thinking . he's letting me know . he wants me to shut up and go home .
fingers shakingg , he called downstairs for the shuttle number .
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