“Well, someone might adopt the one-eyed dog or the diabetic cat, but the rest? Even you have to admit they’re a pretty sorry lot.” You have until the end of the week to claim them.”Īnd I’d thought this woman couldn’t make me hate her any more. “By the way,” she went on, “we dropped off your pets at the local shelter. But was it true? I wasn’t sure of anything anymore. I stared at her, wanting to shout that Howard knew nothing. “He’s being questioned about his knowledge of your father’s illegal activities.” “I have to say, for an old guy, he’s a tough nut to crack.” “Howard was arrested hours ago.” Spurling’s tone was offhanded. He was probably outside the quarantine center at this moment, trying to kick down the door. “I need to call our housekeeper and tell him that I’m okay.” Howard had to have heard from some parent that I’d been hauled off by biohaz agents. And I wasn’t going to freak out about it. I would find my father and give him the letter and then he’d do the fetch and everything would go back to normal. “The more time you waste now, the less Mack will have for the fetch.”īefore my legs locked up entirely, I slung the deadweight of the messenger bag over my shoulder and picked up the map. Why would I put myself at risk if I have nothing to show for it?” “If I try but don’t find my dad, will you still destroy the evidence against him?” Just come back here and press the call button outside that door. If he doesn’t, do not go looking for your father.

Solis knows where Mack is hiding or he doesn’t. It should take you ten minutes to get there.

“Arsenal Island is directly on the other side of the wall. “But what if it takes me five days to find him?” They don’t take orders from government officials, not even me.” “The line guards work for the Titan corporation. They start work on these tunnels Thursday morning.” She flicked a hand at the two steel doors. “The patrol is shoring up the rubble along the east side of the wall.

Kat falls