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worried that someone would discover a way to penetrate the estate’s defenses, regardless of how tightly the grounds were sealed, and lie in wait undetected until Manheim’s return.[446] Even the most drum-tight security plan was a human enterprise, insisted as they drove off the university campus. “Drop me back at Our Lady of Angels so I can get my car, and I’ll check out the last two names myself.”“That doesn’t seem right.”“You’re not a real cop, anyway,” Hazard said. “You gave that all up for fortune and the chance to kiss celebrity ass. Remember?”“You’re only in this on account of me.”“Wrong. I’m in this because of these,” Hazard said, and rang the set of three silvery bells.The sound resonated in the fluid of Ethan’s spine.“Damn if I’m gonna have spooky shit like this after all, and every human enterprise, due to the nature of the beast, was imperfect. A clever enough lunatic, driven by obsession and by a vicious homicidal impulse, could find a crack even in the wall of protection around a President of the United States.From what Ethan knew of Reynerd, the man hadn’t been clever, but the person who had inspired the character of the professor in the screenplay might be a higher-caliber crackpot.“You Hazard
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