Act III — Chapter 30
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With the watchful eyes of his team and some well-timed HERF pulses, Danny managed to evade the police combing the Gallante. After a few close calls, he slipped out of the building unnoticed.
The battery in his cellphone gave out after he left the hotel. In silence and moonlit darkness, Danny cut through the evergreen-fringed backyards of Medina billionaires. He looked out for security cameras and motion-detecting floodlights, zapping them when necessary. After slow, tentative progress across private property, he felt he’d put a comfortable distance between himself and the hotel. He climbed over a retaining wall and arrived at a wide, well-lit road running through downtown Bellevue. There, he pulled off his overalls, leaving himself in a T-shirt and jeans. He stuf
