Like your apartment.

 

Her phone buzzed. She took it out and looked at the text.

 

Then Knox punched in the numbers and made the call. “It’s done,” she said

quietly. “John can never know about this,” said the voice. “He’s not wired that

way.” “He will never know about this,” Knox said. “I can keep a secret.” Knox

put her phone away, turned, and walked off into the darkness.

 

On the other end of the finished call Robert Puller put the phone down on his

desk.

 

He thought about the death of Claire Jericho, but only for a few moments.

 

Then he put it out of his mind and turned to work of importance.

 

Chapter 75

 

THE PULLER BROTHERS walked down the hall of one of the world’s great labyrinths.

The Pentagon was a place well known to the brothers. They were both in uniform

and marched along confident in where they were going.

 

They had been summoned, by a four-star no less.