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.We’re behind already, and Graves is going to expect results as soon as he hits the ground.”They moved toward the cubicles in the office like they were heading onto a battlefield.Zach paused.“I need to make a quick call,” he said.Bell’s lips pursed in a little moue of irritation.“Knock yourself out.”Zach looked over his shoulder at Hewitt and Reynolds.“It’s private.”That caught Candle’s attention.“What, you need to check in with your boyfriend?” Book provided a one-man laugh track.A grown-up would have let that slide by.But in many ways, Zach had to admit, he was not a grown-up.“No,” he said.“Your mom.She worries if I don’t show up on time.”“Hey, fuck you.”“Sparkling comeback.”“Boys, boys, boys,” Bell said, a warning tone in her voice.Candle sat down and looked pointedly away from Zach.“Go wherever you want,” Bell said.“We’re not your babysitters.”But she called after him as he headed toward the front door.“Is it your girlfriend?” Bell asked.Zach stopped.“What?”Bell looked a little sheepish.“It’s none of my business.”“Uh, no,” Zach said.“Definitely not my girlfriend.I mean, I don’t have a girlfriend.”She didn’t say anything else.But Zach thought she might have smiled.ZACH WANDERED OUTSIDE the office complex.Satisfied that he was far enough away from the building, he brought out his phone.It was the only high-tech gadget he’d been given, but it was undeniably cool.Android? Nexus One? Toys.Convenience-store specials compared to his phone.GPS, satellite capability, universal computer access, camera, even a built-in flashlight.If James Bond carried an iPhone, this would be it.It also had a special function to defeat electronic surveillance.A tap on the touch screen and he set up a kind of dead zone around himself that baffled any attempt to listen in with bugs or microphones.It would even blur his image on a security camera.He activated the safeguard, then dialed a number.He wondered if she was awake.She answered on the second ring.“Well?”“He’s in the air now.You’ll be able to trace him with the homing device I gave you.The tracker is in a briefcase with him.”“He doesn’t know, does he?”“Don’t be ridiculous.He’d never approve of this.”“What would you do if I told him?” Her voice was mocking.Zach didn’t hesitate: “I’d order him to kill you.”Silence.Then: “You don’t want to threaten me, Zachary.”He checked his watch.He didn’t have time for this.“It’s not a threat.You know this is the only way it works.Don’t screw with a good deal.”More silence.He could almost see her pouting.“Don’t take me for granted, Zachary.”“Believe me, I don’t,” he said.“You need to get moving.You’ve got to catch up with him.”The mocking tone came back into her voice.“Whatever you say, boss.You’re so commanding and forceful.”Zach rolled his eyes.“Just do as you’re told, Tania.”ZACH ENDED THE CALL and walked back into the building.He didn’t notice the shadows moving in the doorway just over his shoulder.If anyone had been watching, they might have seen it as a trick of the light, as if part of the darkness peeled away from the wall.For a moment, the shadow of a man in a trench coat and old-fashioned fedora stood there.But there was no one around to cast that shadow.And no one to see it.A second later, it was gone.SEVENIN THE COMPANY OF SHADOWS (2001, Drama/Super-natural)—Kevin Costner stars as Robert Westlake, a veteran CIA agent ordered to find any possible witnesses to the years of atrocities he’s seen or committed in his long career.Each one of his targets has a piece of the answers to the big mysteries—the real killers of JFK, for example—and Westlake silences them to make sure no one can ever put all the puzzles together.But at the same time, someone is stalking Westlake.He sees figures in the shadows, hears voices where there are none, and keeps getting strange messages.Eventually, Westlake discovers that the Company doesn’t let go, not even at death.Described as Bourne Identity meets The Sixth Sense, this movie was withdrawn by the distributor after appearing in a few test markets and never released in theaters [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]