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  2. ALSO BY TOM CLANCY
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Jack had been wondering the same thing. Why didn’t Paul download it? It seemed an obvious thing to do, and Paul was a sharp guy. Did he really just forget, or was it intentional?

Hell, maybe Paul’s the one that deleted the file, Jack realized.

“I guess we blew it. But I promise you I’m going to keep digging until I find it.”

“Good, that’s your job.”

“Agreed.” Jack stood to leave.

“I’ll warn you once, Jack. If I catch you doing anything illegal, I’ll have you arrested.” She smiled. “Nothing personal.”

“Yeah.” Jack started to leave, then turned around. “You said that you were going to run those Aussie IDs past a friend of yours in the PD. What did you find?”

“Oh, yes. I forgot to tell you. Two of them have been released from hospital and deported. The third is still in hospital but scheduled to be released and deported tomorrow. All three have criminal records in Australia—mostly petty crimes, a few dropped assault charges—but no evidence of IC or military status.”

“So we just got lucky and were jumped by the only three criminals in Singapore?”

“They were here illegally, too. Hooligans, the lot of them.” She paused, then added, “Good riddance.”

“Is ‘Good riddance’ for them or me?”

Lian smiled. “Good day, Mr. Ryan.”

55

Paul turned to Bai. “Why don’t you go use Jack’s phone next door and call your mother, make sure she’s okay, then go and get us a couple of hot coffees.”

“I don’t know.”

“What?”

Bai shrugged. “C’mon, Mr. Brown. You know my job is to keep an eye on you.”

“I’ve been a big threat, haven’t I? Doing all kinds of crazy things.”

Bai smiled. “No, not really.”

“But this storm is a problem, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. I’m worried about my mother.”

“Then go call her on Jack’s phone over there. Make sure she’s okay. And if she is, why don’t you run to the kitchen and fetch us a couple of hot coffees and something sweet? I won’t leave here, I promise. Okay?”

Paul watched the wheels turning behind Bai’s eyes. Finally he said, “Okay. Cream and sugar, right?”

“Plenty of both. Thanks.”

Bai stepped over to Jack’s office and dialed his mother as Paul logged on to his Dalfan desktop computer and opened his hard drive.

Paul watched Bai’s animated gesturing through the glass as he spoke with his mother over the phone. An argument of some sort, Paul guessed. Bai was completely distracted by his conversation with his mother, so Paul used the opportunity to pull up the CIA file on his laptop.