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12:51:22 AM

“Come on,â€? Randall instructed. “If we cut through the woods, we can stay off the grid and get there faster at the same time.â€?

“What about Edgar?â€? Sara asked. Her house was a block away, but she could still hear Arnold’s girlish screams. “We can’t just leave him.â€?

“Edgar is dead,â€? Randall said.

“But—“

“He’s dead!â€? Randall insisted. “Poisoned by Sarin gas.â€?

Sara tried a different tact. “Milo…â€?

“Dead,â€? Randall said. “Shot by Chinese nationals.â€?

Sara stopped in her tracks.

“We can’t trust him,â€? Randall explained. “He sold us out to Division.â€?

“How do you know?â€?

“Because if he’d done what he was supposed to and sent them to decoy point, they never would have believed us when we did the same thing,â€? Randall said. “Now come on. Jack needs us.â€?

Randall darted into the forest. Sara paused, held back by Arnold’s squeals of fright, then followed Randall in. She instantly became lost in the darkness.

“This would go so much more smoothly with a GPS ,â€? Sara quipped.

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