PAPAL ORIGINS (EXTRACT)
FROM CHAPTERS 16&17
I SAW FLASS PUT A HAND on the broken taillight and shout something at someone I couldn’t see. Then he was out of sight.
As we passed, I looked up the street between this building and the next. Behind it I got a quick glimpse of what looked like a small parking area just off the street. No underground parking in this part of town.
I had to decide what to do. The taxi fare was about to top out at the high end of my available cash, so I had to get out in any case. But what to do? Do I just go in the front and ask something? Ask what? “Hey, have you guys seen this little boy and his mother? Can you point me in the direction of the nearest kidnapper?” Maybe I could just go in and ask if they had a job...
I got out of the taxi about two blocks up
