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Star on the Wall
Cade’s initial thought was to try to use the reacquired satellite connection to communicate to Uncle Bill at NSA. They’d been cut off for over a day and not even the new SIM cards Pete Buck had slipped them would work to call off the island. It had been maddening. But no matter what Cade tried, his connectivity was still blocked.
A chirp came across the laptop’s tiny speaker.
“Here we go,” Cade said as Jana and Stone leaned over.
Ames kept his distance. He was trying to tread lightly where Jana was concerned.
Lawrence Wallace’s smug face appeared on the monitor. They could see his lips moving but heard nothing. A few moments later, the sound became audible.
“. . . there’s not much time. You’re going to have to move right now.”
“Wallace,” Cade said. “We didn’t ge
