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the other Russian. He spent
most of the day looking for that person.
    It suddenly dawned on him that the poisons
are easy to detect so it was possible they were still hidden at his
place. He would go back and check. Maybe he’d see Generoso at El
Critico later. With a proposition, if it was truly the people he
suspected who stole the poison.
    Clint said he would quite possibly be
there.
    He hung around the pier awhile, greeting the
locals he knew . None saw through his disguise.
    He cleaned up and went to El Critico at seven
for dinner. The food was good there. Ivan came in about seven
thirty, excited and scared. He said some people were on his
property and had as much as thrown him off! They had all his
things!
    “ Call the
police, as much as the idea annoys us who have been in the
occupations we have been in.”
    “ I can’t.
It’s not really my property. I thought we had a legal agreement
with the owner, but it turns out my, er, associates didn’t bother
with that little detail. I’m in terrible trouble!”
    “ Well,
you can at least disclaim any knowledge of the stolen poisons. That
should, as the yanks say, get you off the hook for
that.”
    “ Not
really, but that’s not the ... my problem will be with others, now.
A war between two different groups will end with one of them wiped
from the face of the Earth.
    “ You see,
the stolen poisons were the factor that gave the group I work for
precedence in, er, some areas. Now they’re no longer a factor. If
the other group learns of that, well, it can get bad.
Fast!”
    “ Distance
yourself from both sides. If you were merely working as a contract
worker for one side or the other you are no part of the management,
shall we say.”
    “ I wish I
could. I suppose I’m a walking dead man, but that’s part of the
trade. I do think I like you. Don’t get involved with Russian
groups. They play for keeps. It’s always a survivors’ club
deal.”
    Clint nodded. “Take care. I really have to
leave tomorrow for a few days. Three days. It’s to renew the
visa.”
    “ You
bother with that crap?”
    “ I wish
to retire here. I wish for a solid good reputation. Yes, I bother
with it.”
    “ Oh,
that’s right. I guess it’s better. I suppose I’ll be gone, one way
or another before you get back. I wish you good fortune and hope
you can retire the way you want.”
    Clint thanked him and said he hoped it could
be resolved where he wouldn’t end up dead. He went to the
hotel.
    He left for David in the morning. Paulo
Lariez called to say the problem with the illegal mining operation
was settled. Orlando made a deal with a US company about the
uranium and was now several million dollars richer – which he
hated! They would go together and build a new school in the town
where Orlando’s wife grew up. And a free medical clinic.
    Clint could picture Orlando’s response to the
news that he was a few million dollars richer. His reaction the
first time was, “What the hell will I do with it?”
    Clint caught the early bus to David in the
morning.
     
    “ Clint?
What’s happening down there?” Judi demanded. She called just after
he got on the bus.
    “ What
have you heard?”
    “ That
some spies were doing something and some Spanish guy came in and
broke it up.”
    “ Not
quite. I’ll tell you about it when I get back home.”
    “ Nando is
back.”
    “ Oh?
That’s news! It might work out pretty well, all-in-all.”
    “ He and
Serg seem to have come to a Mexican standoff of some kind. I
wondered if maybe you engineered that.”
    “ No. I
haven’t heard from Sergio. He might have figured I’d like for Nando
to be where I can see him.”
    They chatted, then Clint called Manny, who
said he had some fairly complete reports about part of it, but not
so much what it was about. He knew a very important mine was closed
down.
    “ The
missiles?”
    “ Uh-huh.
It was a wild scheme that could have ended up with a lot of people
hurt, but in the old Soviet block.”
    “