Chapter Twenty-Two
I ran into Clay in the hallway when I was going to our room to pack. He held me back in the passage that led to the front door but was deserted right now.
“I’m worried. I heard that Amarru is sending people to pick you up. What am I going to say to them when they turn up?”
“Tell them we’re held up getting to the coast.”
“That’s not going to keep them happy for long.”
“Tell them we left, and to the best of your knowledge, we’re on our way to meet them.”
“They won’t be impressed.”
“Being impressed is not what they’re paid for. When they come here to pick us up, they can wait for us to turn up, they can leave again with the other people they’re rescuing, or they might like to chase us. That’s up to them. We can’t communicate our plans across any networks because ther
