Chapter 4
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Toby handed the rope over to Curtis, who wrapped it back into a coil and packed it away for the next time it would be needed. Moving closer to the flap, he stepped aside to enable Porris and his family to take the ring. Once the juggling act slipped through, he took a stance beside the opening and stared out at the crowd through the thin slit in the plastic.
The young woman was sitting next to Beckwith. An older man whom she vaguely resembled sat on Beckwith’s opposite side. They had to be the new act, but he had no idea what it was.
Unable to help himself, his gaze riveted on the woman. She was a dark-haired beauty. From her features he guessed she had to be from India, or perhaps from Pakistan or Nepal. Her skin was flawless. And when she’d stared at him with those big
