She went to the wall of the shop, took a foam fire extinguisher, and sprayed the flames. It took a few minutes for her to get the flames under control, but she succeeded. When the fire was almost out, she dragged the canvas dust cover off the top of a large machine, threw it over the last burning spot, and stamped on it to smother the flames.

Then she walked to the prone form of Viktor Panko, knelt to feel his carotid artery, and verified that he was dead. She stepped past him and looked into the front of the building but saw no more flames.

She remained out of the second man’s sight in the front room for a moment, trying to think. When Leah had seen the car turning in, she had climbed onto the counter and pulled herself up to the roof with the rope and pulled the rope up after her. She had hoped that the two men wouldn’t look up and see the hole, and apparently they hadn’t, probably because they hadn’t turned on the lights. She had simply stepped from the roof of the building onto the roof of the SUV and then the hood and slid down, then walked in the same door the two men had opened, and come up behind them. At the moment she was glad Viktor Panko was dead and she was alive. But there was still the second man.

Leah stepped past the spot where Viktor Panko lay and into the workshop.

Denes Varga said, “Is Viktor dead?”

“He has no pulse.” She walked toward her prisoner. She said, “I might as well kill you too. You’re worth nothing to me.”

The man said, “Hold on. You got no reason to kill me. I was just helping Viktor.”

Leah said, “You’re his cousin Denes, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll give you an opportunity to earn a full pardon. Here’s how you do it. We want the new names and current addresses of the other eleven men from the prison break that got him out. If you can give me those, you’re safe. If not …” She shrugged.

“I can get them,” he said. “They’re in the computers.”

“Fine. Once I’ve got them, you’re free. You can finish burning this place down or go home or leave town or whatever you want. Does that sound fair to you?”

“Yes.”

She moved close to him and unlocked the handcuff with one hand. She kept her pistol in her right hand aimed at his chest and stepped back.