I lowered my voice so only we and the soon-to-be-dead Cooper would hear. For the second, no, the third time that night I was standing out in the cool shadows of the trees getting a heart-to-heart talk with another man. I wasn't sure if I'd ever heard him that close to being angry. For an instant Jean-Claude let me see how much this meant to him.
Keep everybody alive, he said, and he pulled Clair through the doorway. Happy now? He gave a small nod, with an even smaller smile. I didn't know what to say to that, so I sort of side-stepped it. He hung up.
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