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Оглавление“Elise.”
She pointed behind him. Jonah turned but couldn’t see what she was trying to show him. Did she even know it was him? A guttural noise emerged from her throat.
“EMTs will be here in a minute.” He could hear the ambulance’s siren, close enough it was probably turning from Hancock onto the road that led to the zoo.
Her mouth moved, her lips forming a word he didn’t understand.
“Elise, I don’t know what you’re saying.” What had happened to her? This woman on the floor was nothing like the vibrant woman he’d known. She was dressed for a safari, but the zoo was a wreck. No one should even be here.
“Elise.”
Her face reddened. Her mouth moved again, and she managed to say, “Bomb.”
Jonah understood that word. He grabbed up his flashlight and spun to shine it in the direction she’d pointed. Taped to the underside of the grimy desk, it was no bigger than the lockbox for a handgun.
He swiped Elise from the floor, lifting her tiny body easily. He burst from the office door into the night, vaulting the steps.
The building behind them exploded in a boom and a rush of flames.
