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Christmas in Baltimore

Chapter 8

The phone next to Abe rang. It was eight o’clock, Christmas morning, in a hotel in Baltimore. I guessed it must come from a long way eastwards of here – somewhere people are awake at this time. I was right. It was Dee calling from Cairo. Abe put it on speaker.

‘Greg has been in touch. He knows you used my card to access the apartment. He has sworn “to fix me and all my tribe.” It sounds bad. Does he mean my family or you two, who it seems, despoiled his cathedral?’

Abe was silent. Dee and I knew him well enough to not interrupt his thoughts.

‘The tribe will be we three, Dee. I wouldn’t bother warning your family - just cause unnecessary anguish.’

‘What if you are wrong, Abe?’

‘I’m well paid not to be wrong on these matters. Trust me! I’m more trustworthy than your previous c

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