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“No sweat. All I need is a paper clip or a—”

“Can’t you move your bones to get out of them?” Jim demanded, cutting him off.

“Uh, no, Jim,” Dan said patiently as if speaking to a child, “that’s physically impossible for anyone.”

“It doesn’t matter. Pay attention. This is what we’re going to do.”

“You didn’t let me finish,” Dan said testily as he lifted his hands to his hair. “I was going to say, give me a paper clip or a bobby pin…”

Sitting at the kitchen table eating spaghetti covered in meat sauce, Elizabeth tried to stay composed. Though Scott had promised to bring her up to speed, the moment he’d walked in and eyed the plate of pasta on the table, he’d dropped into the chair and proceeded to devour it like a man who hadn’t eaten in days.

“Maybe you should stop for a minute and come up for air,” she finally remarked.

“My body needs the carbs,” he replied between mouthfuls, “and this sauce is great. What did you put in it?”

“Just some chili peppers.”

“Man, it’s good. You can cook for me any time, and I don’t say that to just anyone.”

She laughed. “I’m glad it meets with your approval,” she replied, as he scooped up the last mouthful. “Now will you put me out of my misery? You promised to bring me up to date.”

“Yeah, sorry. Interrogations always make me hungry. Okay, so, Operation Justice—”

“Operation Justice?” she repeated, interrupting him.

“Yeah, that’s what I named it.”

“Oh, my gosh, thank you,” she said gratefully, knowing immediately he’d done it for her.

“It felt right.”

“But wasn’t nabbing Conchello already an active case?”

“Yeah, but I don’t name it as an operation until I’m ready to act on the information. Anyway, Operation Justice is coming to a head. You already know Dan and Jim are on their way back to L.A., and their lives will be nothing but courtrooms and jail cells for years.”

“Yes, and it’s fantastic, but what about David Clark?”

“Brace yourself. David is on our side.”

“Are you sure?” she asked skeptically.

“Jim Parker recruited him for Conchello, but David only went along with it to get as much dirt on them as he possibly could. He put himself at great risk.”

“But how do you know he’s telling the truth?”

“He produced a memory card from his shoe.”

“From his shoe?”

“He’d carved a tiny compartment beneath the inside sole.”

“Incredible…”

“Yeah, so smart. We let him use a laptop and he showed us everything he’s compiled. He has an amazing amount of hard evidence, and he’s secreted away all the money he’s been paid.”

“That’s why Jack was okay about going back to the island with him to scout out the security cameras and booby traps,” Elizabeth murmured. “No wonder you’re ready to pull the trigger.”

“David knows them all, and taking down that encampment won’t be an issue now, but the timing will have to be coordinated with Conchello’s arrest.”

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