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Nick?"
"Moses had thousands of people following him. Women, kids, animals, whatever they could carry."
"Go on."
"If you're Moses, you want to get out of Egypt as quickly as possible. Look at the map. What's the best route?"
"East," Ronnie said. "Due east."
"Right. So the Israelites head east. If they start north of Cairo they don't need to cross the Red Sea. There were trade routes back then, people knew where things were and they knew how to get from one place to another without getting lost. There's no reason for Moses to enter what's now Saudi Arabia. That means Mount Sinai can't be an Arabian volcano. Selena, where's the traditional location?"
"In the south of the Sinai Peninsula, near the tip."
"Why would they go there?" Ronnie asked. "That's completely out of the way. It doesn't make sense."
"Forty years wandering in the desert, right? Isn't that what happened?" Lamont said.
"The forty years was after Moses went up the mountain," Selena said.
"We're getting off the track," Nick said.
Selena took a sip of water from a bottle. "It would make sense to follow one of the trade routes from Egypt. That way there would be known quantities, like water and shelter, firewood, things like that."
"I can show the routes," Stephanie said. "Give me a minute."
She entered a few keystrokes. Colored lines in purple, green and black appeared on the map.
"Those are the main routes at the time of Moses. The top line is called the Way of the Philistines," she said. "The Bible says they didn't go that way."
"Take it out," Nick said. "If we're going to use the Bible as a guide we have to be consistent."
She entered a command and the purple line disappeared. That left the green line and the black one. The black line wandered down the western edge of the Sinai peninsula to Mount Sinai and up again, until it crossed the third route in green.
" We've already decided the traditional Mount Sinai isn't going to give us much. Let's go with the idea Moses took the shortest way," Nick said. "If that's right, then we can take out the black line and the traditional mountain. Go ahead, Steph."
She moved her mouse, clicked. The black line disappeared.
"The green route heads into Jordan," Stephanie said.
"Are there any volcanoes on that route?"
"Doesn't look like it." Stephanie pressed keys. "Nope."
"Dead end," Lamont said.
"All right." Nick rubbed his forehead. He had another headache coming on. "We're not going to Jordan or anywhere else without better intel."
He looked at his watch. His first counseling appointment was that afternoon.
"Everyone go home, clear your head. I'll tell Harker where we're at. Steph, see if you can find anything on that green route that matches the biblical story. Meet back here at 0800 tomorrow."
Nick rode back with Selena to D.C. Her Mercedes still had that new car smell of leather and wax. Better than the smell of the car was a hint of the perfume Selena wore.
"What's that scent you're wearing?"
"You like it?" She smiled. He loved it when she smiled. "It's called Baccart Les Larmes Sacrees de Thebe. "
"That's a mouthful."
"It's supposed to invoke the mystery of ancient Egypt. The perfume comes in a bottle of Baccarat crystal."
"That's good?"
"Very good."
Nick had been glancing in his side mirror. He sighed.
" Not again."
"What, not again?"
"We're being followed. Silver Lexus, four cars back."
She looked in her mirror. "I see him."
"Two men. He's keeping his distance."
"I can lose him."
"Not yet. We don't need another shootout on the Beltway. Be ready in case he speeds up."
"You're sure he's following us."
They were coming up on Alexandria. "Let's find out. Take the next exit."
The Lexus followed them off 495 into Alexandria. Selena cruised up South Henry Street.
"Head for the waterfront," Nick said.
She turned right. The Lexus was still behind them. It had dropped back a block, trying to stay unnoticed. Signs pointed to Founder's Park.
"Park over there in the lot. Let's take a
"Moses had thousands of people following him. Women, kids, animals, whatever they could carry."
"Go on."
"If you're Moses, you want to get out of Egypt as quickly as possible. Look at the map. What's the best route?"
"East," Ronnie said. "Due east."
"Right. So the Israelites head east. If they start north of Cairo they don't need to cross the Red Sea. There were trade routes back then, people knew where things were and they knew how to get from one place to another without getting lost. There's no reason for Moses to enter what's now Saudi Arabia. That means Mount Sinai can't be an Arabian volcano. Selena, where's the traditional location?"
"In the south of the Sinai Peninsula, near the tip."
"Why would they go there?" Ronnie asked. "That's completely out of the way. It doesn't make sense."
"Forty years wandering in the desert, right? Isn't that what happened?" Lamont said.
"The forty years was after Moses went up the mountain," Selena said.
"We're getting off the track," Nick said.
Selena took a sip of water from a bottle. "It would make sense to follow one of the trade routes from Egypt. That way there would be known quantities, like water and shelter, firewood, things like that."
"I can show the routes," Stephanie said. "Give me a minute."
She entered a few keystrokes. Colored lines in purple, green and black appeared on the map.
"Those are the main routes at the time of Moses. The top line is called the Way of the Philistines," she said. "The Bible says they didn't go that way."
"Take it out," Nick said. "If we're going to use the Bible as a guide we have to be consistent."
She entered a command and the purple line disappeared. That left the green line and the black one. The black line wandered down the western edge of the Sinai peninsula to Mount Sinai and up again, until it crossed the third route in green.
" We've already decided the traditional Mount Sinai isn't going to give us much. Let's go with the idea Moses took the shortest way," Nick said. "If that's right, then we can take out the black line and the traditional mountain. Go ahead, Steph."
She moved her mouse, clicked. The black line disappeared.
"The green route heads into Jordan," Stephanie said.
"Are there any volcanoes on that route?"
"Doesn't look like it." Stephanie pressed keys. "Nope."
"Dead end," Lamont said.
"All right." Nick rubbed his forehead. He had another headache coming on. "We're not going to Jordan or anywhere else without better intel."
He looked at his watch. His first counseling appointment was that afternoon.
"Everyone go home, clear your head. I'll tell Harker where we're at. Steph, see if you can find anything on that green route that matches the biblical story. Meet back here at 0800 tomorrow."
Nick rode back with Selena to D.C. Her Mercedes still had that new car smell of leather and wax. Better than the smell of the car was a hint of the perfume Selena wore.
"What's that scent you're wearing?"
"You like it?" She smiled. He loved it when she smiled. "It's called Baccart Les Larmes Sacrees de Thebe. "
"That's a mouthful."
"It's supposed to invoke the mystery of ancient Egypt. The perfume comes in a bottle of Baccarat crystal."
"That's good?"
"Very good."
Nick had been glancing in his side mirror. He sighed.
" Not again."
"What, not again?"
"We're being followed. Silver Lexus, four cars back."
She looked in her mirror. "I see him."
"Two men. He's keeping his distance."
"I can lose him."
"Not yet. We don't need another shootout on the Beltway. Be ready in case he speeds up."
"You're sure he's following us."
They were coming up on Alexandria. "Let's find out. Take the next exit."
The Lexus followed them off 495 into Alexandria. Selena cruised up South Henry Street.
"Head for the waterfront," Nick said.
She turned right. The Lexus was still behind them. It had dropped back a block, trying to stay unnoticed. Signs pointed to Founder's Park.
"Park over there in the lot. Let's take a
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