He texted back: Be careful.
Am always careful around Rina’s father.
You know what I mean.
We will all be careful.
Marish smiled at the message but kept trotting down the stairs to the basement.
He found the explosive device quickly. It was a simple bomb, but Marish was sweating buckets as he explored where all the wires went. By the time the bomb’s display flipped from 8:00 to 7:59, he had deduced that his best bet was to slice through the yellow wire leading to the detonator as carefully as he could.
The multi-tool he’d used to threaten the terrorist had a small pair of scissors, which he kept very sharp.
As the timer shifted from 7:57 to 7:56, he snipped through the yellow wire in a single stroke.
The timer stopped on 7:55.
Marish heaved a sigh of relief and carefully pulled out
