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Eddie gulped.
How, for all the planets in the universe, did they know he had found the dead body?
And so fast?
“What body?” Eddie asked.
“No games,” the voice said. “Give us the body.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Eddie said. “You think I’d be leisurely traveling through here if I found a dead body?”
Silence.
Something rocked the ship, and Eddie’s seatbelt tightened around his shoulders.
“Enemy fire detected,” the computer said. “Minor damage sustained on the lower hull.”
“Damn.”
“You i***t,” the voice said. “Your lie is obvious. We have the data. Are you going to give us the body or are we going to have to dismantle you just like the others?”
Maybe lying wasn’t such a good idea.
He was sweating again.
But something in his gut told him not to hand over the body
