Ariya Zana knew this American did not speak Arabic, but someone on his team did. She held his hand wrapped around the little vial containing a piece of her sister and looked into his blue eyes willing him to realize this was important. With her other hand, she retrieved the note she had written explaining the nerve gas sample, where it was obtained, and naming her sister as the martyr who died providing it. She handed it to the American then pointed at the note and then the third vial. This explains that, she willed him to understand.
There was something about this third container that was crucial to this woman, Shake understood. There was no question in his mind and no denying the pleading look in her dark eyes. He nodded at her, trying to signal his understanding and then stuffed all th
