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idiot!How arrogant!Rafael cursed loudly, does it really have to wait for a disaster to happen before anyone will listen to us? Mary sighed.Our business does sound like an adventure.I called my father first, and then I called Will.Bitner and Bob.Copeland.Make a final decision. Mary told her father roughly what had happened to her.Father listened intently.Even in critical situations, he remained calm and sober.The most important thing now is to go back to Germany first!He made it clear that as long as you people are in Africa, you are not safe.I'll wire the five thousand dollars to the embassy's account right away.enough?

certainly.Thank you, Dad! Do you need a lawyer or something?I need Dr. Gellert to find a colleague in Khartoum No, no, thank you.We'll go home first and see what happens. good.As soon as you confirm the time to return to Berlin, let me know and I will pick you up at the airport.Wish ya'll good luck! Then, Mary and Will.Bitner's conversation was less harmonious.Where are you guys?When Mary finally waited for him to answer the phone, she heard him yelling.why don't you callDo you know what happened?Mary gapes as Will tells her how the field lab burned down and was razed to the ground, and how Berg disappeared.

Will, we know who destroyed the lab.Is a terrorist, by Narif.Auduma led the team.Berger secretly developed a pheromone.That thing can make people very irritable and aggressive.It was it that manipulated Constantine to make him fight and attack Li Ke.During this time, Olduma may well have had enough pheromones to create a terrifying event.We need to notify Bob quickly so he can alert security. Okay, okay, let's talk about it later.Will said, you come to England first, and we will talk about it calmly.Berrand was going crazy.Immediately after news of the attack on the African field lab broke, Oppenheim's stock price plummeted 7 percent.

Will, now it is not a matter of stock price, but a matter of human life! Maybe!But you know the motto of our firm: the client comes first.We are first and foremost responsible to the client. You don't mean that, do you, Will?Mary shouted into the microphone, my God, I repeat, it's not about the consultant contract, it's about the terrorist attack! You can think so.But is there proof?How do you guarantee that this Olduma, or whatever he calls him, must be the mastermind behind the attack on the field lab?And how do you know how something Berg developed works?You are not chemists!

Will, trust me, we know.I tried.She thought of the shock on Olduma's face when he smelled that. I believe you, Mary, but it takes more evidence to prove it.If you can't back up your claims Mary's tears welled up.She risked her life to expose Berger's secret misdeeds, but now Will doubts her words: You know what?You are a narrow-minded bastard!She hung up the phone with a snap. Without saying a word, Mary continued to call Copeland's New York headquarters.Only then did she remember that it was midnight there.She sighed and put down the microphone.I don't think there's anything we can do right now.

Oh, no, no, we can find a restaurant and take a good shower!Raphael's smirk is contagious. In the Hilton Hotel, after several rounds of lobbying and a phone call with the embassy, ​​they finally persuaded the kind lady at the reception desk to ignore their distressed appearance and hand over the room key to them.As soon as Mary entered the room, she flung herself down on the dreamlike soft and comfortable luxurious bed, never wanting to stand up again.After a long time, I struggled to get up and rushed into the bathroom. She stared at herself in the mirror, startled.Her face was scarred and blotched with bruises, her lips were split, and her hair was so disheveled that she doubted she would ever recover.

The warm water dripped onto her bruised skin. Although it was painful, it washed away the dirt from her body for a week and soothed her tense nerves during the escape.If a week ago, such running water was nothing more than a natural thing to her, but at this moment, it is simply an incredible miracle created by human civilization. Twenty minutes later she dried herself off with a wonderful thick plush towel.Her body was as heavy as lead, as if she had absorbed delicious water.She staggered out of the bathroom and threw herself on the bed.The radio by the bed said it was eleven forty-five.She made an appointment with Rafael to meet in the lobby at four o'clock in the afternoon at the latest, and then went to the embassy to retrieve the documents together.

She set the alarm clock to 3:45, then retracted her body under the covers.Although she was extremely tired, she couldn't sleep, and her thoughts were overwhelming.She suddenly realized that she hadn't known what was going on in the world for a week.So she turned on the TV and switched channels until it switched to an English-language news channel. CNN is broadcasting the latest news on the stock market.As a business consultant, Mary always follows the economic news.But today, she finds herself too lazy to care whether the U.S. issuing bank raises or lowers rates. When she wanted to continue reading, there was a knock on the door.She was startled, and a terrible thought flashed through her mind: They are coming, they are coming to get her!

□□□ The doorbell rang suddenly at lunch, and the little girl was sitting at the table with her father and mother.I'll go and have a look.Father said, standing up. Mother slowly put the fork on the table with a pork chop on it.Her wide, frightened eyes looked past the little girl to the dining room door. The little girl also turned around.In came a man and a woman in white robes, like those of the genial Dr. Wellman, who gave her injections and gave her toys for her bravery. Get the kids out!the woman said seriously. The father walked towards the girl, put his big and heavy hand on the girl's shoulder, and his face was very sad.Come with me, little Mary!He said.

The girl doesn't want to go.She knew something terrible had happened.She couldn't help looking into her mother's large, frightened eyes, how her lips were tightly shut.She stood there, clinging to the corner, trembling all over. Be quiet, Mrs Asher.The man said to his mother, we won't do anything!But the little girl knew that he was talking. Mommy!She screamed and tried to jump, but her father held her firmly. Mary!follow me!Her father took her in his strong arms.She saw tears in her father's eyes She resisted, kicked her legs wildly, and hit her father's shoulder with her small fist.no, do not want!don't want!She shouted, I want Mommy!I want mommy!

But her father took her out anyway. Suddenly she caught sight of her mother's large eyes, blurred with tears, and cast her a final glance. The father carried her quickly up the stairs and into her room.But the shouts from the dining room still passed through the walls and doors. The girl clings to her father.She could feel her father trembling.She didn't understand why he didn't drive away the bad guy in the white robe.I'm going to find Mommy!she sobbed. Mommy has to stay in the hospital for a while, honey!Father said, don't be afraid, Mommy will be well soon, then she will be able to go home and everything will be normal again. The little girl realized that her father was talking.Just like adults lie every time they dare not tell their children the truth.She knew that she would never see Mummy again. □□□ The knock on the door rang again.Mary looked around in panic.At this time, she realized that they stayed in one place for so long, it was really terribly careless.As an undocumented German, it was not difficult for Auduma to guess where they would go.Of course they go to the few international restaurants in the area, and they lose their composure that they have finally found the German embassy. But what can she do?This room is located on the fifth floor, the wall is outside the window, and a busy road is below. There is simply nowhere to go.The few places to hide in the house probably won't help either. Mary? Hearing Rafael's voice, the sudden relaxation made her almost dizzy, it was him at the door.Mary opened the door. I'm sorry, Mary, I'm trying to get some sleep, but come in! He hesitated, as if he had a premonition of a trap, but finally walked in.He looked devastated, and his carefree self-confidence seemed to be blown away by the wind.Mary had never seen Raphael like this.Was he also worried that Auduma would find out about their whereabouts? He sat down in one of the two chairs at the little table.There is a basket of fruit on the small table.Seeing the fruit, Mary remembered that they hadn't had a good meal today.She grabbed an apple, sat on the edge of the bed, faced Rafael, and took a bite of the sour and delicious apple. At this time, she realized that Rafael was just like herself in the mirror, in order to cover up the scars on her body, she wrapped her bathrobe tightly in vain. Raphael lowered his eyes, as if carefully concealing what he was going to say.mary i think I know, she said, we're not safe here.Auduma must have guessed where we would flee to. Rafael raised his head unexpectedly.No no, I mean, maybe you're right, but that's not what I'm talking about.His eyes dropped again.Mary suddenly realized something, and her heart beat faster. I know it's against company policy, but he gets up, sits on the edge of the bed next to Mary, and reaches out again, as if trying to touch her leg.Mary quickly retracted her legs.spent the past few days with you Mary suddenly felt her heart stop beating.She looked at Rafael.There was an almost pleading look in his brown eyes.A longing rose in her, and it took an effort to suppress it.She suddenly understood that Rafael hesitated because he was shy, ha, this Rafael would also be shy!After all they've been through together, he's still shy! You imagined it yourself, said a voice in the back of her head.Rafael just lost his composure because he got rid of the tension of the past few days.Whatever he says to you, don't take it seriously. But she doesn't care, she wants to hear it.Right now, right here. mary i believe i Oh no! What?Rafael was startled, and stared at her blankly. Mary didn't look at him, but looked back over his shoulder.That building!She points to the TV.On the screen, there is a thin and tall skyscraper behind the announcer.At the top of the building is a shiny orb with the faint outlines of continental plates.The screen disappears, followed by a black luxury car.Someone important gets out of the car. Rafael followed her gaze.This is the hotel where the peace summit will be held.Almost like a luxury garage in Riyadh.It's been playing on TV all the time.What's wrong? I've seen this building before, in a pamphlet in the Olduma tent. What?Oops!