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In Country
Saturday, 10:45 p.m.
As he stood outside the hotel waiting for Vlad, Pavel shifted restlessly under the weight of his backpack. He had only been there for five minutes and already he was sweating. The Houston night was humid and the temperature was still close to ninety degrees.
“Why do people want to live in a place like this?” Pavel muttered to himself as he tossed the last of a cigarette to the ground.
A blue, late-model van with no side or rear windows pulled through the circular hotel drive and stopped not far from where Pavel stood. Pavel walked casually across the drive and climbed in the side door after an unseen occupant opened it for him. As Pavel took his seat, he surveyed the occupants. Vlad was sitting in ...
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