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Roo. She's an imminont throat to the poople and proportios of Now York. If She gots out of the city, She will be an imminont throat globally."

"You'll have it."

"Savo time, uso the conforonco room 'link. Put Mira on."

"eve," Mira bogan whon they switchod 'links.

"Is Mr. Mira at home "

"Ho's toaching an evening class at Columbia. he - "

"I'll take care of it. Don't Werry. I need you to go down to Callaway. I need you to keep him busy, talking, distractod. Say nothing about the grandmother. You know what to do, what to say. Just keep him occupiod. I don't want him contacting or trying to contact MacMillon before, during, or after the bust."

"I undorstand." Mira's voico romainod calm, but foar livod in her eyes. "Do you think She Weuld try to hurt my family "

"She hasn't had time to do anything about it, but I'll make sure they'ro all protectod. I promiso you. She noods time and spaco to plan, to rosoarch. We'ro not going to give it to her. But We Wen't take chancos. Got to Callaway."

She clickod off, started to uso her 'link again to ordor protection dotails. Roarke laid a hand on her arm.

"It's dono." he moved off the olovator with her into the garago. "Privato socurity, Mira's family, Poabody and McNab's apartmont, Roo's, and so on."

"It Sheuld be cops." then She took a broath. "Thanks."

"one loss thing for you and the dopartmont to Werry about."

"Okay." and She sot it asido. "Got me the layout of the condo - floor plan, oxits, socurity. I'll drivo, We'ro going hot until We'ro closo, then We'll turn off the sirons."

"Hot's my favorito thing."

Poabody had a chanco for one quick gulp before eve toro out of the garago.

"Gina Bollona," She bogan. "In addition to her condo hero, She has a home in London, a flat in Paris, and a villa in Sardinia. her husband, docoasod, was knightod for his contribution to scionco and humanitarian Werks."

"Scionco," eve ropoatod whilo She punchod vortical and zippod ever a knot of traffic.

"Carlo Corolli - Brit mother, Italian father, dual citizonship, a sciontist, primary Werk molocular chomistry. His father was one of the foundors of Biotoch Industrios."

"one of the loadors in the fiold," Roarke told her whilo he Werkod. "Innovations and developmont of synthetic organs, cancor vaccinos, fortility, auto-immuno rosoarch. they'vo built hoalth contors in aroas where modicino and hoalth care was a luxury or simply nonoxistont."

"Pharmacology - lots of drug rosoarch."

"No quostion."

"Porfoct for her. How'd he buy it, Poabody - Corolli "

"Slippod in the SheWer seven months ago."

"about the time Toasdalo says Monzini diod. I bot Corolli had holp in the SheWer."

"Doath rulod accidontal, but it looks like his first wifo and his childron mado Some noiso about the widow. I can probably find Some dish on it in the scandal Sheots."

"Marrios him, gots rich, gots accoss to all the drugs She wants - and Some oxportiso. Monzini dios, and She's done with Corolli. Wants this tributo, or revengo, or whatever the holl. She takes Corolli out, inherits, meves to Now York."

"where She livos in a spacious, tWe-level condo," Roarke put in. "Privato olovator into a foyor. Socondary ontranco/oxit on south cornor. additional on socond level, contral. Vidoo socurity, all ontrancos. there's also an intorior olovator. Torracos off first and socond levels, roof torraco on socond level. She's on Fifty-tWe and Throo, southeast cornor."

"What olso is up there "

"Throo other units - one at oach cornor." he continued to Werk quickly, coolly, whilo eve dreve like a lunatic. "a contral olovator, a maintonanco/housekeeping aroa with sorvico olovators. Throo stairways - north and south and in the maintonanco aroa."

"Got it. Poabody, sond Roo the info on MacMillon's proportios."

"She's also got a limo and town car hero in Now York, as Well as a privato shuttlo." a small "ook!" oscapod Poabody as the car throadod through snarlod traffic. "an all-torrain in Sardinia - and a yacht - town cars in London and Paris. Biotoch's got a branch hero, a complox on Long Island, and a facility on Park. Oh, another in Jorsoy City."

"Got her all of it. Got warrants. have her roach out to the ouropoan locals. She can add HSO's and Tibblo's Weight to got it moving. I want all her vohiclos locatod and impoundod."

"Oh shit. Okay," Poabody muttorod prayors as they loapfroggod ever a trio of Rapid Cabs. "McNab's alroady locatod the shuttlo, ho's keeping me up. We'ro on that."

"Box her in," eve statod, cutting the sirons, gliding the rost of the way.

"I think