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“Well, whatever floats your boat,” Tanaka said.

“My boat was sinking fast until Jesus fished me out of the deep waters.” Corinne looked at Tanaka and Evans intently. “Now God has brought you here to keep my family safe.”

“Great.” Tanaka smiled. “Which leads me to Oscar.”

Oscar.

“He’s not in Cuba?” Corinne asked.

“No. He fled Cuba. We don’t know where he is.”

“If you think Flavian and Nikos were bad…” Corinne didn’t want to fear again.

“Glad you mentioned Flavian and Nikos. Since they’re dead, we can’t interrogate them,” Tanaka said. “However, we figured that if we knew more about those two, we might be able to extrapolate where Oscar might be hiding.”

“Once we find him, rest assured we will put him away for a very long time,” Evans added. “If you must know, we need him to connect the dots to a terrorist at large.”

Corinne knew whom she was referring to. “It’s Molyneux, isn’t it? A few years ago, I overhead Flavian say that Oscar works for her.”

Evans’s eyebrows rose.

“I told you she can help us,” Tanaka said.

“I try to forget many things,” Corinne explained. “Because I value my life.”

“We’ll protect you.”

Corinne studied Tanaka. The veteran agent meant what she said, but she couldn’t protect anyone more than God.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, from the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

In Psalm 17:8, the psalmist prayed that God would hide him under the shadow of His wings, even as his wicked and deadly enemies surrounded him.

That was the other verse Corinne had shared with Martin. Did he still remember even now, seven months removed?

Martin? Why did Martin’s name pop up?

Maybe if this entire mess was over, Corinne could be free to live again. Then she could visit Martin, if he still wanted to see her. There were so many things she wanted to tell him.

Including giving him the answer to his question.

Until then, she had to trust God to protect her.

Hide me in the shadow of Your wings, Lord Jesus. Don’t let me be afraid.

“If you don’t help us, more informants will die,” Tanaka said.

Corinne shifted in her chair. “You haven’t caught your mole.”

Neither Tanaka nor Evans replied.

That told Corinne a lot.

She drew a deep breath. “Ask me anything.”

Chapter Thirty-Two

One year to the week since Martin had been in Key Largo, he arrived again to visit Pete and Angelina at their invitation. Apparently, those two had become an item, gotten married, and now lived in Angelina’s houseboat.

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