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“Almost.”
“Who’s taking Thing One and Thing Two to school?”
“Papa,” sang the children in unison.
He returned to the bedroom and unlocked the safe concealed in the walk-in closet. Inside were two false German passports, €20,000 in cash, and his Beretta. He removed one of the passports but left the gun behind, as his arrangement with the Italian authorities did not permit him to carry firearms on airplanes. Besides, if circumstances warranted, he could acquire an untraceable weapon in France with a single phone call, with or without the connivance of his old service.
He deposited the bag in the entrance hall and at 7:45 a.m. followed Chiara and the children down the stairs of the palazzo. Outside in the street, Chiara set off toward the San Tomà vaporetto station. Then she stopped abruptly and kissed Gabriel’s lips.
“Youwillbe careful in France, won’t you?”
“Cross my heart.”
“Wrong answer, darling.” She placed her palm on the left side of Gabriel’s chest and felt the sudden pulse of his phone. “Oh, dear. I wonder who that could be.”
